Census gender identity data downgraded over ‘confusing’ trans question

Census gender identity data downgraded over ‘confusing’ trans question

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

Controversial census claim of 262,000 trans people downgraded

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

Britain’s trans population may be smaller than previously thought

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

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

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

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

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 […]