In light of the news that the ONS appears to be moving away from a sex question framed in terms of self-declared gender identity in the next census, our new blog considers the implications for Scotland's census.
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We argue that the move by the ONS potentially introduces a significant departure from the @scotgov position, which still supports framing the sex question in the Scottish census as one about self-declared gender identity, despite the new, separate question on trans status.
It is also likely to exacerbate the significant discontinuity already introduced by the decision to delay Scotland’s census to 2022, while in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the census remains on course to be held on 21 March 2021
The potential move by ONS also puts E&W on a different track to Scotland more broadly, where draft guidance by the Chief Statistician has advised that public authorities should, in most cases, only collect data on self-declared gender identity. mbmpolicy.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/mbm-re…
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