Table 2.
Data Elements Relating to Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
| Agency/organization | Data collections/surveys |
CALD variables |
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| Country of birth | First language spoken | Interpreter service required | Main language other than English spoken at home | Period of residence in Australia (years) | Preferred language | Proficiency in spoken English | Year of first arrival in Australia | Country of birth of parents | ||
| Australian bureau of statistics |
Causes of death collectionb |
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| General docial surveyc |
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| Australian health surveyb |
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| National survey of mental health and Well-being(2007)d |
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| Survey of disability, ageing and carers (SDAC)e |
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| Australian Institute of family Studies b |
Growing up in australia: The longitudinal study of Australian children (*Ethnicity data collected for study child and all other members of the household) |
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| Australian Institute of health and welfare |
Alcohol and other drug treatment NMDS a |
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| Community mental health care NMDS and Residential Mental Health Care NMDS a |
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| Computer assisted telephone interview demographic module DSS a |
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| National drug strategy household survey b |
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| National hospital morbidity database b |
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| National mortality database b |
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| Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDSa |
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| Perinatal NMDSa |
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| National Dental Telephone Interview Survey b |
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| Family Medicine Research Centre, University of Sydney |
Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH)b |
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| Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, The Cancer Council Victoria |
Australian Secondary Students Alcohol and Drug Surveyb |
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| Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - General Practice Statistics and Classification Unit, University of Sydney b |
National Coroners Information System |
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| The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales b |
Australian Needle and Syringe Program Survey |
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| The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales b |
National HIV Registry |
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| National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales b |
National Clients of Treatment Service Agencies census |
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| AIHW National Perinatel Epidemiology and Statistics Unit, The Perinatal and Reproductive Epidemiology Research Unit, University of New South Wales b |
Perinatal Data Collection, Australia |
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| Women’s Health Australiab | The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health | |||||||||
aSouce: AIHW (2012); b Source: Blignault and Haghshenas (2005). [125]c Source: ABS (2011). [126], the survey also includes 33 questions on visa category (e.g. type of visa for people who are not an Australian citizen, type of first visa, whether the person was a temporary resident before becoming an Australian citizen or permanent resident and so forth); d Source: ABS (2009) [127]e Source: ABS (2010) [128].