UK Government Data Standards Catalogue

Metadata Value
Data Element

Person Gender at Registration
Is Part Of
Person Sex
Has Parts  
Version 2.0 
Status Release 
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Date Agreed 11 September 2003
UML diagram PersonSex UML diagram

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Name

Person Gender at Registration
Description A person's gender at registration.
Business Format 1 numeric
Element Type Data Item
XML Schema
View whole schema document Person Descriptive Types as XML
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Validation
Must be 1,2 or 9
Values
1 = Male
2 = Female
9 = Not Specified
DefaultValue
Owner DTG
Based On ISO/IEC 5218:2004
Verification
Comments
  • Note '9' 'Not Specifed' means indeterminate, i.e. unable to be classified as either male or female.
  • Change from 1.0e: return to ISO codes, with the addition of indeterminate.