The Guide: Implementing the Standards for Statistics on Cultural and Language Diversity

The Standards - a description

The Standards is a reference document that forms part of the ABS Statistical Concepts Library (Catalogue Number 1361.0.30.001) which provides authoritative information about the concepts, sources, methods and classifications underlying Australian official statistics.

Information on the development of the Standards can be found in Chapter 1: Introduction of the Standards.

MCIMA endorsed the Standards in April 1999. It includes standard questions, classifications, coding structures and output categories for use in interview-based and self-enumerated data collections.

The Standards are to be used by government, academic and private sector organisations.

Copies of the Standards are available from the ABS in hard copy (ABS Catalogue Number 1289.0) and on the ABS CD-ROM product, the Statistical Concepts Library or by downloading from the ABS website.

The ABS also provides advice to individual clients on the use of the Standards (contact the Social Classifications hotline on telephone (02) 6252 5736, facsimile (02) 6252 5281 or by email: social.classifications@abs.gov.au).

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