2900.0 - Census of Population and Housing: Understanding the Census and Census Data, Australia , 2016

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Understanding the Census and Census Data How we collected your information Turning your information into Census data + Understanding Census data quality + Understanding the data + Person variables AGEP Age ANCP Ancestry Multi Response ASSNP Core Activity Need for Assistance BPFP Country of Birth of Mother BPLP Country of Birth of Person BPMP Country of Birth of Father BPPP Country of Birth of Parents CHCAREP Unpaid Child Care CITP Australian Citizenship CTGP Child Type (including grandchildren) CTPP Child Type DOMP Unpaid Domestic Work Number of Hours EETP Engagement in Employment, Education and Training EMPP Number of Employees ENGLP Proficiency in Spoken English Language ENGP Proficiency in Spoken English GNGP Public Private Sector HEAP Level of Highest Educational Attainment HRSP Hours Worked HSCP Highest Year of School Completed INCP Total Personal Income (weekly) INDP Industry of Employment INGP Indigenous Status LANP Language Spoken at Home LFHRP Labour Force Status and Hours Worked Not Stated LFSP Labour Force Status MDCP Social Marital Status MSTP Registered Marital Status MTWP Method of Travel to Work OCCP Occupation POWP Place of Work PUR1P Place of Usual Residence One Year Ago PUR5P Place of Usual Residence Five Years Ago PURP Place of Usual Residence QALFP Non-School Qualification Field of Study QALLP Non-School Qualification Level of Education RELP Religious Affiliation RLCP Relationship as Reported for Couples RLGP Relationship in Household (including grandchildren) RLHP Relationship in Household RLNP Residential Status in a Non-Private Dwelling RPIP Family Household Reference Person Indicator SEXP Sex SIEMP Status in Employment SLPP Sex of Lone Parent STUP Full-Time Part-Time Student Status TISP Number of Children Ever Born TYPP Type of Educational Institution Attending TYSTAP Educational Institution Attendee Status UAI1P Usual Address One Year Ago Indicator UAI5P Usual Address Five Years Ago Indicator UAICP Usual Address Indicator Census Night UNCAREP Unpaid Assistance to a Person with a Disability VOLWP Voluntary Work for an Organisation or Group YARP Year of Arrival in Australia CDPP Community Development Programme Participation Distance to Work National Indigenous Reform Agreement (NIRA) Indicators OPGP Homelessness Operational Groups + Family variables + Dwelling variables + Conceptual information About this Release History of Changes	Registered Marital Status (MSTP, IFMSTP) This variable records a person's formal registered marital status and refers to the legal status of the person. This may not necessarily reflect a person's current living arrangement. This variable is applicable to persons aged 15 years or older. How this variable is created The responses to this question are captured automatically from mark-box responses on the form, so the risk of processing error is minimal. In a small proportion of cases (less than 0.5%), respondents provided more than one response to the question. In these cases, responses were accepted in the order they appeared on the form and the extra responses were rejected. An image of this question is provided below. As Registered Marital Status is a key demographic variable, if there is no response to the question, a response is imputed (or derived to Not Applicable when age is less than 15 years). The variable Imputation Flag for Registered Marital Status indicates if a person's Registered Marital Status was imputed in the Census. Imputation Flag for Registered Marital Status variable categories are shown below. 1 Marital status not imputed 2 Marital status imputed imputed @ Not applicable More information about imputation can be found in the 2016 Census Dictionary. Variable history A question on Marital Status has been asked in every Census since 1911. No changes were made for 2016. Non-response rate Using the Imputation Flag for Registered Marital Status, the non-response rate for this variable in 2016 was 6.8% (5.2% in 2011). For more information, refer to Understanding Census data quality. Data usage notes The Registered Marital Status variable provides data about a person's own current registered marital status, regardless of their reported relationship to another person in their household. The majority of imputed registered marital status are attributed to persons in occupied dwellings on Census Night that did not return a form. A smaller proportion were due to persons who returned a partially completed form without responding to the marital status question. It should be noted that because of the current laws at the time of Census Night (9^th of August, 2016), when referencing Registered Marital Status (MSTP) only opposite-sex couples were classified as “Married”, regardless of what was reported on the form. Users interested in analysing 2016 Census data for same-sex couples who listed their relationship status as “Married” can find further information through the variable Relationship as Reported for Couples (RLCP). Further Information: A definition of Registered Marital Status is available in the 2016 Census Dictionary. A definition of Imputation Flag for Marital Status is available in the 2016 Census Dictionary. Household form question image Question 6 as it appeared on the 2016 Census Household Paper Form: A text only version of the online Census Household form is available from the Downloads tab. 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