Gender identity data from the latest census has been downgraded amid concern some people may not have understood the question properly due to language barriers.

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Census gender identity data downgraded over ‘confusing’ trans question

Statistics watchdog says gender identity question in 2021 Census was ‘more likely than others’ to be misunderstood

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The Telegraph

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David and Frederick Barclay

Britain’s trans population may be smaller than previously thought

The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) reviewed the statistics and has published its conclusions.

Evgeny Lebedev

Alfred Harmsworth (barrister)

Geraldine Mary Harmsworth

Patricia Harmsworth, Viscountess Rothermere

Carron Greig

The Herald Scotland

Gannett

Scotland

Gender questions in the Census 'did not work as intended', the regulator admitted

GB News

Stats watchdog admits there are FEWER trans people in UK than officially recorded - with 'misunderstanding' to blame

Figures by the Office for National Statistics from 2021 have been reassessed after fears the question may have been misunderstood by non-native speakers

The Times

Controversial census claim of 262,000 trans people downgraded

by Sam Merriman, Daily Mail: Census data suggesting there are 262,000 transgender people in the UK is unreliable and must be discarded, the statistics watchdog ruled today. The Office for Statistics Regulations (OSR) said in a damning report that the figure would no longer be recognised as an ‘accredited official statistic’. The 2021 Office for […]

Anglican Mainstream

UK's trans population may be smaller than first thought as Census figure axed over confusing question - Anglican Mainstream

Census gender identity data downgraded over ‘confusing’ trans question

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