1249.0 - Australian Standard Classification of Cultural and Ethnic Groups (ASCCEG), 2011
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 16/08/2011
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As a result of the review of ASCCEG a number of changes to the classification have been implemented and these are summarised as follows:
DETAILS OF CHANGES Cultural and ethnic groups added to the base level of the classification: 4116 Bahraini 4117 Emirati 4118 Omani 4121 Qatari 4301 Bari 4302 Darfu/Darfurian 4305 South Sudanese 4399 Peoples of the Sudan, nec 4908 Assyrian 4911 Chaldean 4912 Mandaean 4913 Nubian 5112 Chin 5113 Rohingya 7118 Bangladeshi 7121 Bhutanese 7122 Fijian Indian 7123 Kashmiri 7124 Parsi 7125 Sindhi 7126 Sri Lankan 7127 Sri Lankan Tamil 7128 Indian Tamil 7131 Tamil, nfd 7132 Telugu 7215 Kyrgyz 9111 Acholi 9112 Cameroonian 9113 Congolese 9114 Gio 9115 Igbo 9116 Krahn 9117 Mandinka 9118 Senegales 9121 Themne 9122 Togolese 9233 Burundian 9234 Kunama 9235 Madi (Ma'di) 9236 Ogaden 9237 Rwandan 9238 Shona 9241 Swahili 9242 Swazilander Cultural and ethnic groups reinstated The following two cultural and ethnic groups were removed from the classification following the 2005 review; however, statistical data from 2006 combined with stakeholder feedback has indicated a need to reinstate these groups: 9102 Fulani 9211 Namibian Cultural and ethnic groups renamed Research has confirmed that the Khmer people of Cambodia are also referred to as Cambodians. The code 5104 has been used for the Khmer people, but based on Census responses in 2006 more than 80% of Khmer people of Cambodia living in Australia responded 'Cambodian' to the ancestry question. The name change for code 5104 to Khmer (Cambodian) will more accurately reflect the responses by the Khmer people of Cambodia to ancestry questions. There has been a review of the 'not elsewhere classified' categories and to minimise the need for unnecessary maintenance to the classification the decision was taken to simplify these categories by removing all the short lists of ethnic groups which represented a small portion of possible inclusions in each of these categories. The names of the following 23 'nec' categories have been simplified: 1399 Melanesian and Papuan, nec 1499 Micronesian, nec 1599 Polynesian, nec 2199 British, nec 2399 Western European, nec 2499 Northern European, nec 3199 Southern European, nec 3299 South Eastern European, nec 3399 Eastern European, nec 4199 Arab, nec 4999 Other North African and Middle Eastern, nec 5199 Mainland South-East Asian, nec 5299 Maritime South-East Asian, nec 6199 Chinese Asian, nec 6999 Other North-East Asian, nec 7199 Southern Asian, nec 7299 Central Asian, nec 8199 North American, nec 8299 South American, nec 8399 Central American, nec 8499 Caribbean Islander, nec 9199 Central and West African, nec 9299 Southern and East African, nec Cultural and ethnic groups changes between narrow groups To assist in aggregating data for various Sudanese cultural and ethnic groups, following the establishment of Narrow Group 43 'Peoples of the Sudan,' Dinka and Nuer have been moved from Narrow Group 92 (Southern and East African) and Sudanese has been moved from Narrow Group 49 (Other North African and Middle Eastern) to Narrow Group 43 (Peoples of the Sudan): 4303 Dinka (formerly code 9224) 4304 Nuer (formerly code 9227) 4306 Sudanese (formerly code 4906) Cultural and ethnic groups deleted In previous editions of ASCCEG, Assyrian/Chaldean has been used to describe a group of Neo-Aramaic people which included Assyrian, Chaldean, and Mandaean. These peoples are being recognised as separate groups in the revised edition of ASCCEG. Consequently the code 4901 Assyrian/Chaldean has been deleted. In previous editions of ASCCEG, all Tamils have been aggregated under one category. Research and stakeholder information indicates that there is sufficient difference between and sufficient numbers of Sri Lankan Tamils, Indian Tamils and Tamils, not further defined (nfd), to justify these peoples being treated as separate groups in ASCCEG. Consequently the code 7116 Tamil has been deleted. Removal of Dual Ancestries and Dual Coding Dual coding of selected ancestries information was included in the 2005 review of ASCCEG. However, as matters of dual coding are appropriately the domain of data processing, references to dual coding have been removed from the ASCCEG explanatory notes. Published coding index changes There have been appropriate changes to the coding index to reflect growth in some cultural and ethnic groups based on stakeholder feedback, external research and 2006 Census data. Among the more significant changes to the index are:
These changes ensure that the classification is both statistically balanced and accurately reflects the cultural and ethnic composition of the Australian population COMPARING CURRENT AND PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF ASCCEG In the interests of data comparability, the ABS urges users and providers of ancestry data to collect, classify and disseminate data using the second edition revision 1 of the ASCCEG from the time of its implementation. However, it is acknowledged that there will be circumstances where users need to convert data from the second edition revision 1 to the 2005 second edition of ASCCEG. To facilitate this process, a correspondence table between the classification structures of the second edition revision 1 and the and 2005 second edition is provided in the ASCCEG data cube The correspondence table is reasonably straightforward because, in most cases, the base-level units of the two editions of the classification (cultural and ethnic groups) retain a one-to-one relationship. The correspondence table itemises the code linkages between the cultural and ethnic groups, details the links between the broad groups and the narrow groups, and indicates the movement of particular cultural and ethnic groups within the two structures. Generally, the codes in both editions relate to the same entity. In some instances there is not a direct relationship between the cultural and ethnic group and cultural and ethnic groupings of the structures of the two editions. Partial linkages are indicated by including the letter 'p' beside the code for the groups concerned. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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