Definition
The way in which a given participant identifies their masculine or feminine characteristics, as represented by a label. An individual's gender relates to their deeply held internal and individual sense of gender and is not always exclusively male or female. It may or may not correspond to their sex assigned at birth.
Components
Data Element (this item)
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Data Element ConceptParticipant: Gender
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Object ClassParticipant
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PropertyGender
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Value DomainGender Code 0.1
Representation
This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Gender Code 0.1 ".| Data Type | VarChar |
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| Format | A[10] |
| Maximum character length | 10 |
| Value | Meaning | Start Date | End Date | |
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| Permissible Values | M | Male | ||
| F | Female | |||
| U | Not stated | |||
| X | Other |
Comments
This data item is sourced from Services Australia Registration data.