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Ancestry one or two response indicator (ANCRP)
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What is Person 1's ancestry?
Provide up to two ancestries only.
Examples of ‘Other ancestry’: Croatian, Serbian, Filipino, Tamil, Sinhalese, Hmong, Maori, Pitcairn, Australian South Sea Islander.
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Person's ancestry
English
Irish
Scottish
Chinese
Italian
German
Aboriginal
Torres Strait Islander
Australian
Other ancestry 1 (please specify)
Other ancestry 2 (please specify)
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What is Person 1's ancestry?
Provide up to two ancestries only.
Examples of ‘Other ancestry’: Croatian, Serbian, Filipino, Tamil, Sinhalese, Hmong, Maori, Pitcairn, Australian South Sea Islander.
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If more than two ancestries apply, provide the two ancestries the person most closely identifies with.
If you are unclear about what ancestry you should include, consider the ethnic or cultural origins of the person's parents and/or grandparents as a guide.
If the person is a Pacific Islander, report their ancestry as accurately as possible, for example, Samoan, Tongan or Cook Islander.
If the person is a descendant of South Sea Islanders brought to Australia as labourers at the turn of the twentieth century, please answer ‘Australian South Sea Islander’.
For ancestries not listed, please select the 'Other ancestry 1 (please specify)' option and enter the name of the ancestry in the box and, if needed, 'Other ancestry 2 (please specify)'.
How this variable is created
This variable is derived from responses to the ancestry question. Respondents can provide up to two ancestries. When a respondent reports one ancestry they are coded to ‘One response’ and when a respondent reports two ancestries, they are coded to ‘Two responses’. Where a respondent does not answer the question, they are coded to ‘Not stated’.
History and changes
This is a new variable for 2021.
Data use considerations
This variable allows data users to understand whether a person provided one or two responses to the ancestry question.
The item non-response rate for the Ancestry question was 6.2% in 2021. This is a decrease from 7.0% in 2016.