UK Government Data Standards Catalogue

Metadata Value
Data Element

Person Gender Current
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 Current
Description A person's gender currently.
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 0,1,2,9
Values
0 = Not Known
1 = Male
2 = Female
9 = Not specified
DefaultValue
Owner DTG
Based On ISO/IEC 5218:2004
Verification
Comments
  • Change from 1.0e: return to ISO codes.
  • '9' 'Not Specifed' means indeterminate, i.e. unable to be classified as either male or female.
  • '0' 'Not Known' means that the gender of the person has not been recorded.