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Australian schools use the Demographic tab to maintain information about:

students
parents or guardians

for demographic requirements.

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Note: The Parent 1 and Parent 2 sub-tabs have identical fields. Enter the parent or guardian details on the sub-tabs.

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title	Opening the Demographic tab

To open the Demographic tab:

Select Module > Students > Current Student Maintenance from the main menu.
The Set Current Student Search Criteria window is displayed.
Tip: You can also access the current student functions by clicking .
Search for the student. See Searching for existing students in the Current students manual.
Click the Demographic tab.
The Student sub-tab of the Demographic tab of the Current Student Maintenance window is displayed.

Current Student Maintenance - Demographic tab - Student sub-tab key fields and buttons
Fields

Field	Description
Student ID	Synergetic ID of the student.
Gender	Gender of the student. This field is updated on the Personal tab. See the Current Student Maintenance - Personal tab. Note: You can define the list of genders used at your organisation using the luGender lookup table. See luGender lookup table.
Name	Student's name in the format last name, first name.
Address	Student's address, which is derived from the home address of the student's first Lives With contact. To update the address: Locate the student's first Lives With contact on the Contacts tab. See the Current Student Maintenance - Contacts tab. Click to launch into Community Maintenance. Update the address on the Home Address tab. See the Community Maintenance - Home Address tab in the Community manual. Note: Silent Address is displayed in the Address field of the Demographic tab if the Silent Address field is selected on the Home Address tab of Community Maintenance.
Phone	Student's home phone, which is derived from the home phone of the student's first Lives With contact. To update the phone number: Locate the student's first Lives With contact on the Contacts tab. See the Current Student Maintenance - Contacts tab. Click to launch into Community Maintenance. Update the phone number on the Phone tab. See the Community Maintenance - Phone tab in the Community manual. Note: Silent Phone is displayed in the Phone field of the Demographic tab if the Silent Phone field is selected on the Phone tab of Community Maintenance.
Forms Received	Date that the forms were received back from the parents or guardians.
Country of Birth	Country that the student was born in. This field can also be updated on the Personal tab. See the Current Student Maintenance - Personal tab. Note: The values for this field are derived from the luCountry lookup table values for the MCEETYA external system type. See Loading lookup tables for external systems in the System maintenance manual.
Home Language	Main language other than English. This field can also be updated on the Personal tab. See the Current Student Maintenance - Personal tab. Note: The values for this field are derived from the luLanguage lookup table values for the MCEETYA external system type. See Loading lookup tables for external systems in the System maintenance manual.
Indigenous Student	Select if the parent or guardian has parent has specified that the student should be identified as an indigenous student. This field can also be updated on the Flags tab. See the Current Student Maintenance - Flags tab.
Torres Strait Islander	Select if the parent or guardian has specified that the student should be identified as a Torres Strait Islander. This field can also be updated on the Flags tab. See the Current Student Maintenance - Flags tab.

Buttons

Button	Description
	Launch into Community Maintenance for the student. See Maintaining community members in the Community manual.

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