Category: Census • Page 5
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Q&A on the Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill
The Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill will set an important precedent for how sex (biological or legal) is understood as a policy and legal category in Scotland, and carries significant...
30th April 2019
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File under random: non-binary sex data and imputation in the 2021 census
The Scottish Government has proposed that the sex question in the 2021 census should no longer ask whether people are male or female, but instead should ask whether a...
18th March 2019
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Stage One debate on the Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: MBM briefing
Overview It is planned that the 2021 Census will gather data for the first time on sexual orientationand on the transgender population, using voluntary questions. The census is the...
25th February 2019
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Finding the middle ground: sex and gender identity in the 2021 census
This blog looks at some of the arguments and assumptions against retaining a binary sex question in the census and draws out the policy and legal implications. The analysis...
12th February 2019
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Stage 1 report on Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: MBM response
MurrayBlackburnMackenzie response to publication of the Stage 1 report on the Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: “We welcome the Stage 1 report of the CTEEA Committee on the Census (Amendment)...
7th February 2019
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Where next for the Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill?
This note reflects on the arguments put forward during Stage 1 of the Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill and the choices facing the Committee at this stage. [Numbers in brackets...
7th January 2019
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Sex and the Census: A review of the sex question since 2001
Introduction This review looks at how the ‘sex’ question has been interpreted in the Censuses for Scotland and for England and Wales since 2001, and plans for England and...
16th December 2018
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Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: MBM evidence to the CTEEA Committee
Introduction We are grateful for the opportunity to submit evidence as part of the Committee’s Stage 1 considerations of the Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill. The Bill will enable voluntary...
4th December 2018