This document reflects an updated and revised ethnicity data protocols for the health and disability sector. It intends to more closely align health and disability sector processes and systems with the ethnicity data standard, as well as provide additional guidance to support high-quality ethnicity data. Table 3 outlines the changes to the protocols since their release in 2004, and the current alignment between the Protocols and the Statistical Standard. Some further detail on the specific areas where the protocols do not fully align with the Statistical Standard is provided in the text below the table. 6.1 Table 3: Protocol revisions and alignment with Statistical Standard for Ethnicity 2005 Area Statistics New Ministry of Health Ethnicity Data Protocols for the Health Zealand and Disability Sector 2004 Statistical Standard for Ethnicity 2005 2004 2009 revision 2016 revision review 2009 Applies to Health and disability Health and Health and disability sector disability sector sector administrative collections Collection Self-identified Self-identified Self-identified Self-identified Standard census Standard census Standard census Standard census question question question question Process of Self-administered Self-completion Self-completion Self-completion collection forms (form/questionnaire) (form/questionnaire) Internet Telephone Electronic (including Interviewer Proxy response Telephone online/internet/ Proxy response portal) Telephone Verbal interviewing assisted response Proxy response Proxy response Electronic/ Allows an No guidance No guidance Response to online exemption standard question collection of process for ‘other’ to be ‘other’ collection where recorded directly ethnicities there is no facility and either to record free text manually entered ‘other’ categories or electronically (an identified list converted into the of Level 2-4 correct code ethnicity categories) Frequency of Census No guidance No guidance 3 yearly collection No guidance for other collections Process for No guidance No guidance No guidance Guidance for collection collection, confirmation and correction Classification Four levels Five levels Five levels Five levels system ETHNIC05 ETHNIC ETHNIC05 ETHNIC05 classification classification changes classification classification changes changes changes
This document reflects an updated and revised ethnicity data protocols for the health and disability sector. It intends to more closely align health and disability sector processes and systems with the ethnicity data standard, as well as provide additional guidance to support high-quality ethnicity data. Table 3 outlines the changes to the protocols since their release in 2004, and the current alignment between the Protocols and the Statistical Standard. Some further detail on the specific areas where the protocols do not fully align with the Statistical Standard is provided in the text below the table. 6.1 Table 3: Protocol revisions and alignment with Statistical Standard for Ethnicity 2005 Area Statistics New Zealand Statistical Standard for Ethnicity Ministry of Health Ethnicity Data Protocols for the Health and Disability Sector 2004 2005 review 2009 2004 2009 revision 2016 revision Applies to administrative collections Health and disability sector Health and disability sector Health and disability sector Collection Self-identified Standard census question Self-identified Standard census question Self-identified Standard census question Self-identified Standard census question Process of collection Self-administered forms Internet Interviewer Telephone interviewing Proxy response Self-completion (form/questionnaire) Telephone Proxy response Self-completion Telephone Proxy response Self-completion (form/questionnaire) Electronic (including online/internet/ portal) Verbal assisted response Proxy response Electronic/ online collection of ‘other’ ethnicities Allows an exemption process for collection where there is no facility to record free text ‘other’ categories (an identified list of Level 2-4 ethnicity categories) No guidance No guidance Response to standard question ‘other’ to be recorded directly and either manually entered or electronically converted into the correct code Frequency of collection Census No guidance for other collections No guidance No guidance 3 yearly Process for collection No guidance No guidance No guidance Guidance for collection, confirmation and correction Classification system Four levels ETHNIC05 classification changes Five levels ETHNIC classification changes Five levels ETHNIC05 classification changes Five levels ETHNIC05 classification changes
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