4363.0 - National Health Survey: Users' Guide, 2014-15
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DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS Population
The following data was collected for selected respondents only:
Methodology Age Age as reported was recorded for all persons in the household in single years. Standard output categories differ according to the topic to which the data relates. Age in five or ten year groups is most commonly used in survey output. Other non-standard groupings are available on request. Age in months is also available in the 2014-15 NHS for selected persons aged less than 4 years. Sex Male or female as reported. Indigenous Status Refers to whether the person is of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin, as identified by an adult spokesperson within each household, i.e. not necessarily self-identified. Status is classified as Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and neither Aboriginal nor Torres Strait Islander. Registered Marital Status Registered marital status was recorded as reported for persons aged 15 years and over, in the following categories:
Social Marital Status Social marital status was derived for persons aged 15 years and over, and was classified as:
Country of Birth Each respondent was classified to the Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC) (cat. no. 1269.0); a hierarchical classification based on the concept of geographic proximity. Standard output for this classification is discussed in Appendix 3: ABS Standard Classifications of this Users' Guide. Other groupings are available on request. Year of Arrival in Australia This item refers to the year in which a person, reporting a country of birth other than Australia, first arrived in Australia to live for a period of one year or more. Individual year of arrival was recorded and can be grouped as required for output. Ancestry Respondents in the 2014-15 NHS were also asked to identify up to two ancestries. Ancestry was classified at the finest level of the Australian Standard Classification of Cultural and Ethnic Groups (ASCCEG), 2011 (cat no. 1249.0). Standard output for this classification is discussed in Appendix 3: ABS Standard Classifications of this Users' Guide. Other groupings are available on request. Country of Birth of Parents To obtain more details on cultural background that may influence health, respondents were asked to identify the country of birth of both their mother and father. If they did not know the country of birth of their parents, due to adoption or other reasons, they could report country of birth as unknown. The responses were coded to the same classification as personal country of birth, identified above. Main Language Spoken at Home Main language spoken at home was obtained for selected persons 2 years and over, as reported. Language was classified at the finest level of the Australian Standard Classification of Languages (ASCL), 2011 (cat no. 1267.0). The abbreviated classification used in most standard output is shown in Appendix 3: ABS Standard Classifications of this Users' Guide. A category of ‘Child not yet speaking’ was available for children aged 2 to 5 years who were not yet speaking a recognisable language. This was classified to 0001 ‘Non-verbal, so described’ in the ASCL 2011. Proficiency in Spoken English Respondents aged 2 years and over, who reported they mainly spoke a language other than English at home, were asked how well they spoke English. Responses were recorded as reported by respondents against the categories:
Children identified as not yet speaking or people for whom sign language or Auslan (Australian Sign Language) was their main language were assigned the category of Not known/Does not speak. Data Items The questionnaire, data items and related output categories for this topic are available in pdf/Excel spreadsheet format from the Downloads page of this product.
Interpretation
In 2011-12, the majority of information about demographic and socio-economic characteristics was collected in both the NHS and the NNPAS surveys (i.e. the AHS Core). Data for most common items are considered directly comparable between the 2014-15 and 2011-12 NHS. When making comparisons between 2014-15 and 2011-12 data it is recommended that:
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