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ONS Census Transformation Programme

The 2021 Census

Assessment of initial user requirements on content for England and Wales

Response to consultation

May 2016

Census Transformation Programme | Initial user requirements for England and Wales: Response to consultation

1 Office for National Statistics

Table of contents

1 Introduction 2

2 Evaluationofresponses 4 2.1 Userrequirementscriteria 5 2.2 Otherconsiderations–ONSassessmentofimpact 6 2.3 Operationalrequirements 8 2.4 Combiningtheassessment 10

3 Updatedview 12 3.1 Overview 12 3.2 Basicdemographicsandhouseholdcomposition 14 3.3 Housing 15 3.4 Ethnicityandnationalidentity 16 3.5 Carers 17 3.6 Health 18 3.7 Education 18 3.8 Migrationandcitizenship 19 3.9 Religion 20 3.10 Language 20 3.11 Labourmarket 21 3.12 Income 22 3.13 Travel 23 3.14 Sexualidentity 23 3.15 Newtopic:Genderidentity 24 3.16 Newtopic:Armedforcescommunityandveterans 25 3.17 Newtopic:Genealogy 25 3.18 Outputandenumerationbases 26

4 Nextsteps 27

AnnexA: Guidanceforscoringtopicsagainstuserrequirementscriteria 30AnnexB: Evaluationresults 32



InNovember2015ONSpublished‘The2021CensusinitialviewoncontentforEnglandandWalesYouSaid:ASummaryoftheresults’ 2whichprovidedanoverviewoftheresponsesreceived.ThisreportpresentsONS’sfullresponsetotheconsultationupdatingtheinitialviewoncontentforEnglandandWales.

Section2providesanoverviewoftheevaluationprocessusedtoassesstheresponses,andsummarisestheresultsoftheevaluation.Section3thensetsoutONS’updatedviewonthetopicstobeincludedinthe2021Census,includingasummaryofproposalsfornewtopicsandwherediscussionofthesecanbefoundinthisreport.Section4providesmoreinformationabouttheoutcomeandnextstepsforeachtopicandanoverviewoftheproposedplans.

Thenextstepsbroadlysetouttheplansfortranslatingtheinformationneedsprovidedinresponsetotheconsultationintotheproposedquestionsforthe2021Census,andhowtheevaluationisbeingusedtoguideourtestingprogramme.

1. Introduction

TheOfficeforNationalStatistics(ONS)invitedviewson‘The2021Census–InitialviewoncontentforEnglandandWales’ 1between4Juneand27August2015withtheaimofpromotingdiscussionandencouragingthedevelopmentofstrongcasesfortopicstobeincludedinthe2021Census.Thefocuswasoninformationrequiredfromthe2021Census,notthedetailedquestionsthatshouldbeaskedonthequestionnaire.

ONSreceived1,095responsestotheconsultation;279ofthesewerefromorganisationsand816werefromindividuals.Ofthetotalresponses592wereidentifiedasbeingfromgenealogists.Table1showsthenumberoforganisationalresponsesbysector.

Organisationalsector Total respondentsGovernmentdepartment/publicbodyLocalauthorityHealthorganisationHousingAcademic/researchCharityandvoluntaryCommercialGenealogist/familyhistorianOtherTotal

32117

66

1856101222

279

Table1Numberoforganisationalresponsesbysector

1 https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/censustransformationprogramme/consultations2 https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/censustransformationprogramme/consultations/the2021censusinitialviewoncontentforenglandandwales

https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/censustransformationprogramme/consultations

https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/censustransformationprogramme/consultations/the2021censusinitialviewoncontentforenglandandwales

https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/censustransformationprogramme/consultations/the2021censusinitialviewoncontentforenglandandwales



Intheintroductiontotheconsultationdocumentwestatedthat:

“we think that the overall length of about 43 questions per person is at the limit of acceptable burden to the public. We are therefore not expecting to expand the total respondent burden. The introduction of any new topics may mean the removal of existing topics. Changes will be considered to address:

• where questions didn’t work well in 2011, particularly where they didn’t support users’ requirements for outputs

• new or emerging policy requirements that cannot be addressed through the use of survey or administrative data

• changes in international guidelines (eg around the labour market topic) and in legislation”

Thisreportisaccompaniedbyasetofreportswhichprovidebackgroundinformation,summarisetheuserneed,andpresenttheevaluation,updatedviewandnextstepsforeachtopic.

Asinpreviouscensuses,therewillbeseparatecensusesinScotlandandNorthernIrelandandthethreecensusofficeswillworktogethertodevelopasetofquestionsthat,whereverpossible,deliverharmonisedoutputsacrosstheUK.

Consultationsonthecontentforthe2021CensusesinNorthernIrelandandScotlandhavenowclosed.On8March2016theNorthernIrelandStatisticsandResearchAgency(NISRA)publishedtheresponsestotheirconsultationandplantopublishafullresponsetotheconsultationforthe2021CensusinNorthernIrelandinJune2016.InFebruary2016,NationalRecordsofScotland(NRS)publishedtheresponsesthatwerereceivedto‘Scotland’sCensus2021TopicConsultation’.NRSarecontinuingtoreviewthoseresponsesandplantopublishareportinJune2016.

Theconsultationresponsesalsoincludedavaluablerangeoffeedbackaboutsourcesanduseofadministrativedata,censusoutputsanddisseminationprocesses,disclosurecontrolandgeographythatareoutofthescopeofthisreport.Wewillbeusingtheseresponsestoinformthedevelopmentofrelevantaspectsoftheprogramme.



2. Evaluationofresponses

Thecensusisacompulsoryexercisecarriedoutonahouseholdenumerationbasis;eachrespondentisrequiredtocompleteallrelevantquestionsonthequestionnaireexceptthequestiononreligion.Assuchitisimportantthatthereisaclearbasisfordeterminingwhethertopicsareincluded.

Thebasisfortheevaluationofthe2021topicconsultationisbroadlythesameaswassuccessfullyusedinevaluatingthe2011consultation.Howeversomechangeshavebeenmadeinordertomaketheevaluationcriteriastronger,moretransparentandtotakeintoaccountthemovetoaprimarilyonlinecensus.Theevaluationcriteriaformthreegroups,andeachtopicorsub-topichasbeenevaluatedagainstthecriteriawithineachofthegroups,showninfigure1.

In‘The2021Census–InitialviewoncontentforEnglandandWales’wegaveanoutlineofhowweproposedtoevaluatetheresponsestotheconsultation.Thisdocumentstatedthat:

“The criteria relating to user requirements remain the key criteria for evaluation. Operational requirements strengthen the case for inclusion of topics, especially if a topic is thought to improve coverage.

The considerations criteria will predominantly be used in conjunction with the strength of the user requirements score to steer the development of the census questionnaire and the production of trial administrative data outputs. However, issues identified using the considerations criteria may mean a topic is not included in the 2021 Census despite a known user or operational need (for instance, if we cannot develop a question that respondents can answer accurately).”

Aspartoftheprocessoffinalisingtheevaluationcriteria,wesoughtinputfromtheCensusAdvisoryGroupsduringsummer2015andincorporatedtheircommentsintoourfinalset,outlinedbelow.

3 https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/censustransformationprogramme/consultations

User requirement Otherconsideration-impact on: Operationalrequirement

• Purpose• Smallgeographiesor

populations• Alternativesources• Multivariateanalysis• Comparabilitybeyond

EnglandandWales• Continuitywith

previouscensuses

• Dataquality• Publicacceptability• Respondentburden• Financialconcerns• Questionnairemode

• Maximisingcoverageorpopulationbases

• Codingofderivedvariablesandadjustmentfornon-response

• Routingandvalidation

Figure1Evaluationcriteria

https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/censustransformationprogramme/consultations



2.1 User requirements criteria

Theuserrequirementscriteriaarecritical.Topicsmustcarryastrongandclearlydefineduserneed.Arobustcaseisrequiredforanytopictobeincludedinthe2021Census.

Theuserrequirementscriteria,withabriefdescriptionandrelativeweights,aregivenintable2.Thecriterialargelyreflectthoseusedin2011buthaveundergoneexpertreviewwithinONS.Thisreviewledtothecriteriatitles,descriptionsandweightsbeingupdatedtoreflecttoday’ssociety.

Themaindifference,comparedtothecriteriausedinthe2011Censustopicconsultation,isareductionintheweightofthe‘Purpose’criteria(previouslyreferredtoas‘Strengthofuserneed’)relativetoothercriteria.Thisisaccompaniedbyacorrespondingincreaseintheweightsofthe‘Smallgeographiesorpopulations’,‘Multivariateanalysis’and‘Continuitywithpreviouscensuses’criteria.

Responsesfromusersoneachsub-topic,includingproposednewsub-topicsthatwereassessedaspartoftheevaluation,havebeenevaluatedagainsttheseuserrequirementscriteria.Eachcriteriondirectlylinkstoasegmentoftheconsultationquestionnaire,howeverifusersprovidedstrongevidenceelsewhereintheirresponsethatdidnotfitintotheframeworkbeingusedthiswasnotdisregarded.Thiswasdesignedtoaidrespondentsinprovidingtheinformationneededandtoincreasethetransparencyoftheapproach.ThescoringguidanceusedisinAnnexA.

AnnexB1providesasummaryoftheuserrequirementscoresassignedtoeachtopic.ThesehavebeenusedtoupdateONS’sinitialviewonincludingthetopicinthe2021Census.

Table 2 User requirements criteria

Criterion Max weighted

score

Max score

WeightEvidence

Purpose

Smallgeographiesorpopulations

30

20

10

10

3.0

2.0

Thepurposetowhichthedatawillbeputifcollectediscentraltotheevaluationprocess.Purposesinclude,butarenotrestrictedto,resourceallocation,serviceplanning,policyevaluation,anddiversitymonitoring.

Converselytheimplicationsifthedataarenotcollected,forexampleincreasedfinancialcostsorreducedqualityofdatausedinplanning,arealsoimportant.

Additionally,requirementsarisingfromlegislation(includingEUlegislation)strengthenthecaseforinclusion.

Theremustbeaneedforinformationforsmallpopulationgroupsand/oratdetailedgeographicallevels.Informationthatisonlyrequiredforbroadgeographicareasorlargepopulationgroupsmightbebetterobtainedfromotherstatisticalsources.



Criterion Max weighted

score

100

Max score

WeightEvidence

Maximum weighted overall score

Alternativesources

Multivariateanalysis

Continuitywithpreviouscensuses

ComparabilitybeyondEnglandandWales

15

15

10

10

10

10

10

10

1.5

1.5

1.0

1.0

Allsmallgeographydatamusteasilybeaggregatedtohigherlevelsofgeography,enablingoutputstobeconsistentandcomparableregionallyandnationally.

The2021Censuswillonlyseektocollectinformationthatthereisnoothermeansofobtaining.Considerationshouldbegiventowhetherornotsuitableinformationisavailablefromothersources;forexampleadministrativerecordsorsamplesurveys.

Inaddition,asthecensustakesplaceattenyearintervalsitshouldonlycollectinformationthatwillremainrelevantforasignificanttimeaftercollection.Ifmoreregularoutputsareneededothersourcesofinformationmaybemoresuitable.

Akeybenefitofcensusdataistheabilitytoanalyseparticularvariablesagainstoneanother.Arequirementtoundertakemultivariateanalysiswillaffectwhethersuitablealternativesourcesfortheinformationexistandmaystrengthenthecaseforinclusioninthecensus.

Comparisonwithpreviouscensusesisanimportantaspectofcensusanalysisand,whereverappropriate,the2021Censusquestionnairewillcollectthesameinformationasthe2011Censusquestionnaire.

Datacollectedfromthecensusshouldberequiredonacomparablebasisacrossalargegeographicalarea.Wherepossible,ifthereisauserneed,thethreeUKCensusOfficeswillreleasecensusoutputsthatareconsistentacrosstheUK.

2.2 Otherconsiderations–ONSassessmentofimpact

Thereareanumberofthingsthatneedtobeconsideredwhendesigningthe2021Censuscontent.Theseformtheotherconsiderationscriteria,listedintable3,andwillpredominatelybeusedinconjunctionwiththeuserrequirementsscoretosteerthedevelopmentofthecensusquestionnaireandtheproductionofadministrativedataresearchoutputs.However,issues



identifiedduringquestiondevelopmentusingthesecriteriamaymeanatopicisnotincludedinthe2021Censusdespiteaknownuseroroperationalneed,forinstanceifwecannotdevelopaquestionthatrespondentscanaccuratelyanswer.

Eachtopicincludedintheconsultationwasassessedagainsttheconsiderationscriteriabycollatingevidencefromthe2011Censusandcomingtoaviewonthecategorisation.FornewtopicsincludedintheconsultationONSconsideredarangeofsourcestocometoaviewonthecategorisation.Fornewsub-topicsproposedbyusersONShasnotmadethisassessmentexceptwheretheuserrequirementscoresuggestsweneedtoconsiderhowtomeettheneed.Wheredevelopmentandtestingactivitiesaretakenforwardfornewandexistingsub-topicsthisworkwillbeimportantininformingafinalassessment.

Threecategorieswereidentified:

• Low–Theinclusionofquestionsrelatingtothissub-topichavebeenassessedtohavea lowimpact.Forexample,wheredataqualityfromthe2011Censuswasconsideredtobe goodtheimpactonthedataqualityconsiderationwouldbelow.

• Medium–Theinclusionofquestionsrelatingtothissub-topichavebeenassessedtohave amediumimpact.Forexample,whererespondentsarepresentedwithseveral‘tick-boxes’ tochoosefromwithasetofshortinstructionstoassistthem,theimpactonthe respondentburdenconsiderationwouldbemedium.

• High–Theinclusionofquestionsrelatingtothissub-topichavebeenassessedtohavea highimpact.Forexample,whererespondentsmaynotfindquestionsacceptablefor reasonsrelatedtoprivacy,theimpactonthepublicacceptabilitycriterionwouldbehigh.

AnnexB2providestheconsiderationsclassificationsforeachtopic.Theconsiderationscategorisationwillhelpsteerthedevelopmentofthecensusquestionnaire.

Criterion Description

Impactondataquality

Impactonpublicacceptability

Thedatacollectedinthe2021Censusshouldbeexpectedtobeofsufficientqualityforoutputstobeuseful.Henceinformationcollectedshouldnotseekinformationthatisnotreadilyknownorrememberedaccurately.

ONShasusedinformationaboutimputationratesfromthe2011Censusandagreementratesbasedonthe2011CensusQualitySurveytoinformthisassessment.

Thecensusshouldnotasksensitiveorpotentiallyintrusivequestionsthathaveanegativeimpactonresponseormayleadtorespondentsgivingsociallyacceptableratherthanaccurateanswers.Itshouldalsonotenquireaboutopinionsorattitudes.

Additionally,thecensusiscarriedoutforstatisticalpurposes.Itshouldnotcollectdatathatwoulddeliberatelypromotepoliticalorsectariangroups,orsponsorparticularcauses.

Table3Otherconsiderations-ONSassessmentofimpactcriteria



Criterion Description

Impactonrespondentburden

Impactonfinancialconcerns

Impactonquestionnairemode

Theinclusionofquestionsonatopicshouldnotimposeanexcessiveburdenonrespondents.Burdencould,forexample,resultfromlengthyinstructionsorexplanations,largenumbersofresponsecategories,orlargenumbersofquestionsonasingletopic.

Questionsshouldnotpresentmajorcodingproblems,requireextensiveprocessing,orsignificantlyaddtotheoverallcostofthecensus.

Themovetopredominantlyonlinedatacollectioncreatesnewopportunitiesaswellaschallenges.

Althoughtheprimarymodeofdatacollectionwillbeonlinetherewillalsobeapaperquestionnaire.Hencequestionsneedtobedesignedsothatrespondentsinterpretthequestionsandanswerconsistentlyacrossallmodesallowingconsistentinformationtobecollected.

2.3 Operationalrequirements

ONSusessomeofthedatacollectedoperationallyintheprocessofconductingthecensus.Foreachsub-topicONSidentifiedwhetheranyoftheassociatedquestionswereusedinthiswayinthe2011Census.Thisledtothetopicbeingcategorisedasbeingofmaximum,moderateorminimumimportanceinrelationtooperationalrequirements.

Themostimportantoftheseismaximisingcoverageofthe2021Census,astheprimaryaimofthecensusistoprovidearobustestimateoftheusuallyresidentpopulationofEnglandandWales.Otheroperationalusesincludecodingderivedvariables,routingrespondentsandvalidation.

Theassessmentoftheoperationalrequirementscategorisationisdescribedinmoredetailintable4.

Table4Operationalrequirementscategorisation

Category Use Description

Maximum Maximisingcoverageorpopulationbases

Moderate Codingofderivedvariablesandadjustmentfornon-response

Wheredatacollectedonatopicwereusedtomaximisecoverageortodefineapopulationbasetheyweregivenhighimportance.

The2021Censusquestionnairemayincludesomequestionsthat,forinstance,aidrespondentsinidentifyingwhoshouldbeincludedinthequestionnaireorareusedtoproducedifferentoutputbases.

Itisexpectedthatsomekeyoutputswillbebasedonderivedvariables.Topicsmaybeincludedinthe2021Censusquestionnaireifauserneedisidentifiedfordatathatarederivedfromavariableevenifthereisnouserneedforoutputsrelatingdirectlytothetopic,forexample,supervisorystatusisrequiredprimarilyforderivingtheNationalStatisticsSocio-economicClassification(NS-SEC).



Category Use Description

Minimum Routingandvalidation

Inaddition,somecoretopicsareusedtoenableabetterassessmentandadjustmentforthecharacteristicsofnon-responders.Forexample,respondentseconomicactivitylastweekisusedtoassistinestimatingeconomicactivitycharacteristicsofnon-responders.

Inanonlinecensusrespondentscanbeautomaticallyroutedaroundquestionsthattheyarenotrequiredtoanswer.Howevertherewillstillbeapaperversionoftheformwhichislikelytoneedsomeroutingquestions.

Somequestionswerealsousedforvalidation,egcross-checkingbetweenageandmaritalstatus.

Eachtopicwasassessedagainsttheoperationalrequirementscriteriabycollatingevidenceofoperationaluseofthetopicinthe2011Census.ThisevidencewasthenevaluatedbyONSexpertsandusedtoassigneachtoacategorybasedonthehighestscoringoperationaluse.Thisexpertreviewidentifiedthattheuseofdatatoderiveoutputbaseswasofhighimportanceandhadnotbeenconsideredinthematerialpublishedaspartoftheconsultation.Hence,theoperationalrequirementscategorisationhasbeenupdatedsincethepublicationoftheconsultationdocumenton4June2015.

AnnexB3providestheoperationalrequirementsclassificationforeachtopic.Amaximumoperationalrequirementscategorisationincreasesthelikelihoodofatopicbeingincludedinthe2021Census.



2.4 Combining the assessment

Inordertoreachanupdatedviewontheinclusionofeachoftheexistingtopics,andnewtopicsinthe2021CensusONShasusedtheapproachsetoutinfigure2below.

Figure 2 Combining the criteria to give an updated view on inclusion of topics in the 2021 Census

COLLECTEDIN2011CENSUS

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENT

USERREQUIREMENT

UPDATED VIEW UPDATED VIEW UPDATED VIEW

USERREQUIREMENT

START

YES

MAXIMUM MODERATEOR MINIMUM

HIGH ORMEDIUM

COLLECT DO NOTCOLLECT

CONSIDERHOW/

WHETHER TOMEET NEED

HIGH ORMEDIUMLOW LOW

NO



Theuserrequirementscriteriahavebeentheprimarycriteriaindeterminingwhetherexistingtopicsshouldcontinuetobeincluded,ornewtopicsshouldbeconsideredforinclusioninthe2021Census.Proposednewtopicswithahigh(weightedoverallscoreofover80)ormedium(weightedoverallscorebetween63.5and80)userneedareclassifiedas“considerhow/whethertomeetneed”as,unlikequestionsincludedinthe2011Census,theyhavenotyetundergonetestingtoensurethatgoodqualityinformationonthetopiccanbecollectedinacensuscontext.

However,wherethereisalow(weightedoverallscoreof63orlower)userneedforanexistingtopic,butithasbeenshowntohaveamaximumoperationalrequirementthetopicwillalsoberetainedforitscontributiontothesuccessfuldeliveryofahighqualitycensus.

TheONSassessmentofimpactcriteriahasbeenusedinconjunctionwiththeuserrequirementscriteriatostarttoidentifyandprioritisetheworkneededtoaddressareaswithhighormediumimpactbasedontheassessmentofthatquestionin2011,andtodevelopnewquestions.

Theimpactofoverallrespondentburdenhasbeenassessedwithinthissetofcriteria.Therearedesignandlayoutconstraintsfortheonlinecensus,includingconsiderationsofthelayoutofquestionsondifferentsizesofmobiledevices.Althoughthe2021Censuswillbeprimarilyonline,considerationwillalsoneedtobegiventothedesignandspaceconstraintsassociatedwiththeneedtoproduceapaperversionofthe2021Censusquestionnaire.Thereforetheinclusionofanynewquestionswillmeanthatsomequestionsfromthepreviouscensuswillneedtobedroppedfor2021.Withthecurrentupdatedviewonequestionisbeingdropped(yearlastworked)andfivearebeingconsideredforinclusion,ofwhichthelastthreearenewtopics:

• numberofrooms

• supervisorystatus

• volunteering

• sexualidentity

• genderidentity

However,untilfurtherdevelopmentofthequestionsandrefinementofotherquestions/instructionsiscompleted,theremaystillbespacelimitationsthatwillneedtobefactoredintoanyfinaldecisiononthequestionnairecontent.Itisanticipatedthatspacetoincludethetwoadditionalquestionswillneedtobefoundthroughsimplifyingandshorteningthequestiononqualifications.



3. Updated view

3.1 Overview

Figure3summarisestheoutcomeforeachofthetopicsbasedontheapproachusedtocombinetheevaluationpresentedinsection2.4.

InsummaryONSproposesto:

• collectinformationabout28sub-topics(oneofwhichisinWalesonly)• considerhow/whethertomeettheneedforfivesub-topics• notcollectninesub-topics• deriveonesub-topicand• explorethepotentialforadministrativedataforthreesub-topics.

Therearefoursub-topicswheretheoutcomediffersfromwhatwouldbeexpectedbasedonthetable.Thetopicsandsub-topicsare:

• Housing-Numberofrooms• NS-SEC• Labourmarket-Supervisorystatus• Income

Therationalefortakingadifferentapproachforeachofthesesub-topicsissetoutintherelevanttopicsectionbelow,andmoredetailprovidedwithintherelevanttopicreport.



Figure 3 Overview of updated view for all topics

Highormediumuserrequirement(63.5-100) Lowuserrequirement(0-63)

Maximum operationalrequirement

Moderate or minimum operationalrequirement

Householdandfamilyrelationships(93)

Long-terminternationalmigration(91.5) Yearlastworked(55.5)

Supervisorystatus(24)

Methodoftransporttoplaceofwork(82.5)

Industry(79)

Maritalorlegalpartnershipstatus(76)

Short-terminternationalmigration(63)

Sex(92.5)

Economicactivityandhoursworked(84.5)

Addressofplaceofwork(81.5)

Numberofcarsorvans(77.5)

Typeofcentralheating(69.5)

Tenureandlandlord(ifrenting)(82)

Mainlanguagesused(83)

Religion(80)

Numberofbedrooms(76.5)

Nationalidentity(65.5)

Age(92.5)

Long-termhealthproblemordisability(87.5)

NS-SEC(81.5)

Welsh(78.5)

Numberofrooms(73)

Ethnicgroup(90.5)

Englishlanguageproficiency(83)

Amountofunpaidcareprovided(81)

Occupation(77)

Citizenship(68.5)

Typeofaccommodationandself-containment(82)

Generalhealth(82.5)

Internalmigration(79.5)

Qualificationsheld(76.5)

1

2

3

(continued below)

4



Highormediumuserrequirement(63.5-100) Lowuserrequirement(0-63)

No operationalrequirement as not previouslycollected on census

Key:

Sexualidentity(72) Armedforces(62)

Addressofplaceofstudy(59)

Healthconditions(52)

Petownership(50.5)

Placeofbirth(17)

Reasonformigration(61)

Mentalhealth(55)

Technology(50.5)

Factorsaffectinghealth(50.5)

Maiden/formername(12)

Genderidentity(66.5)

Volunteering(63.5)

Considerwhether/howtomeetneed

Donotcollect

Income(64.5)4

Donotcollect-Exploreadministrativedatapotential4

Collect

Collect-DerivefromotherCensusvariables1Collect-InWalesonly2

Considerwhether/howtomeetneed-NS-SECuseonly3

3.2 Basicdemographicsandhouseholdcomposition

Ageandsexarecoredemographicvariables,criticalacrossawiderangeofcensususes.Theyinformpopulationprojections,whichunderpindecisionmaking,planningandresourceallocationacrosscentralandlocalgovernment.BothvariablesarevitalformultivariateanalysisforthevastmajorityofusersandarealsoprotectedcharacteristicsundertheEqualityAct2010.Ageandsexarebothusedoperationallyduringthecoverageadjustmentprocesstoensuretheaccuracyofthefinalpopulationestimates.Thesedatawillagainbeusedinthiswayin2021.

Topic detail Initialview Updated view

Age

Maritalorlegalpartnershipstatus

Sex

Householdandfamilyrelationships

Collect

Collect

Collect

Collect

Collect

Collect

Collect

Collect

4



Maritalorlegalpartnershipstatusisusedbyawiderangeofusers,includingbycentralgovernmenttomonitortheimpactofgovernmentpolicyandservicedelivery.MarriageandcivilpartnershipisalsoaprotectedcharacteristicundertheEqualityAct2010.TheMarriage(SameSexCouples)Act2013hasbeenintroducedsincethe2011Census.Themaritalstatusresponsecategoriesandquestiondesignwillbereviewedtoreflectthesechanges.

Thehouseholdandfamilyrelationshipsinformationderivedfromtherelationshipmatrixisfundamentalforpopulationprofiling,planningandresourceallocation.Thesetopicsinformhouseholdprojectionswhichareusedforplanningandresourceallocation.Therelationshipmatrixandinstructionsarecomplex.In2011theconsiderableeffortinvestedinensuringthematrixcouldbecompletedonlineprovedsuccessful.

Thereisaclearuserneedfordataonhousingsub-topicsbycentralandlocalgovernmentandacrossothersectors.

Informationabouttypeofaccommodationandself-containment,tenureandlandlord(ifrenting)areallcoreinputstothedecisionmakingandresourceallocationassociatedwithplanningtomeetfuturehousingneeds.Typeofaccommodationandself-containmentarealsousedasinputstomorefrequentlyproducedhousingstatistics,whichunderpinresourceallocationbycentralandlocalgovernment.Operationallythedataassistwithmaximisingcoverage,andwillcontinuetobeusedinthiswayin2021.

Informationaboutnumberofroomsandnumberofbedroomsisusedacrossarangeofsectorstounderstandovercrowding,andinformdecisionmakingregardinghousingstrategyneedsassessments.NumberofroomshasalsobeenusedinthederivationoftheCarstairsIndexandIndicesofMultipleDeprivationwhichareusedtounderstandandtackleinequality.Inaddition,

3.3 Housing


Typeandself-containmentofaccommodation

Typeofcentralheating

Numberofrooms

Technology

Tenureandlandlord(ifrenting)

Numberofcarsorvans

Numberofbedrooms

Petownership

Collect

Furtherinformationrequired


N/A-proposednewtopic

Collect


Collect


Collect

Collect

Considerhow/whethertomeetneed

Donotcollect

Collect

Collect

Collect

Donotcollect



aspartoftheEuropeanUnion(2008)RegulationoftheEuropeanParliamentandCouncilonPopulationandHousingCensuses(Regulation(EC)No.763/2008),ONSisrequiredtoprovidecensusderivedstatistics,orequivalentdata,onnumberofroomstoEurostatcross-tabulatedwithalimitednumberofothersub-topics(egtenure).

Numberofbedroomsisconsideredtobemorestraightforwardforrespondentstoanswer,andtheagreementratesfromthe2011CensusQualitySurveysupportthis–66.5percentfornumberofroomsand91.4percentfornumberofbedrooms.

InMarch2015,ParliamentapprovedanInformationSharingOrdertoallowtheValuationOfficeAgencytoshareinformationaboutpropertyattributes,includingthenumberofrooms,withtheUKStatisticsAuthority.ONSwillbeconductingresearchusingthesedatawhichwillexplorethepotentialtousethemasanalternativesourceofinformationaboutthenumberofrooms,tomeetusers’needsandfulfilourobligationsunderEuropeanregulations.

InthecontextofminimisingrespondentburdenONSdoesnotbelieveitappropriatetocontinuetoasktwoquestionsdesignedtomeetasingleinformationneedifthereisnotaclearrequirementtodothis.AssuchONSproposestocontinuetocollectinformationaboutnumberofbedrooms,andwillconsiderhowandwhethertomeettheneedforinformationaboutnumberofrooms.

Informationabouttypeofcentralheatingisusedforarangeofpurposesincludingsupportingthemonitoringofpoliciesrelatedtoenergyefficiencyandfuelpoverty,andallocatingresourcestosupportinterventionsassociatedwiththese.ONSwillundertakesomefurtherexplorationofrequirementsforthisinformationwithstakeholders,includingtheDepartmentforEnergyandClimateChange(DECC)andWelshGovernmenttoensurethequestionfullymeetsuserneeds.

Informationaboutnumberofcarsorvanswasusedacrosscentralandlocalgovernmentandothersectorstosupporttransportmodelling,transportplanningandassociatedresourceallocation.Thereforetheupdatedviewistocollectthisinformationinthe2021Census.

Usersmaderequeststocollectadditionalinformationonthe2021Censusaboutarangeoftechnologyrelatedtopicsincludinginternetaccess,digitalinclusionandexclusion,andmobilephoneusage.Thesewereassessedagainstthecombinedcriteriaandtheuserneedwasnotsufficienttoincludetheseaheadofothertopics.Inaddition,theyaresubjecttorapidchangeandtheinformationwouldquicklybeoutofdate.

Usersalsomadearequesttocollectadditionalinformationonthe2021Censusaboutpetownership.Howevertheuserneedwasnotsufficienttoincludethisaheadofothertopics.

Informationaboutethnicgroupandnationalidentityareusedinavarietyofwaysbydatausersfromarangeofsectors.Thequestionsaboutthesetopicsaredesignedtobeaskedtogetherin

3.4 Ethnicityandnationalidentity


Ethnicgroup

Nationalidentity

Collect

Collect

Collect

Collect



ordertoallowrespondentstoidentifythemselvesasEnglish,Welsh,Scottish,NorthernIrish,orBritishirrespectiveoftheirethnicgroup.

Informationaboutethnicgroupinformsresourceallocationandserviceplanningdecisionsandcontributestoanorganisation’sabilitytomeetobligationsundertheEqualityAct2010.Informationaboutethnicgroupwasalsousedinadjustingfornon-responsein2011,andthatdatawillbeusedinthiswayagainin2021.

Informationaboutnationalidentitycomplementsthataboutethnicgroup,andtogethertheyareusedtodevelopafullerunderstandingofculturalidentitywhichinformsserviceplanningandresourceallocationdesignedtomeetcommunityneedsandtosupportsocialcohesion.

Sinceitsinclusioninthe1991CensusthedesignofthequestiononethnicgrouphasbeendevelopedbyONSinresponsetoevolvinguserneeds.Forexamplean‘Irish’tick-boxwasincludedfrom2001and‘GypsyorIrishTraveller’and‘Arab’wereaddedin2011.ONShasreceivedrequestsforadditionaltick-boxestobeincludedinthe2021Census.

Thecensusethnicgroupquestionisusedinarangeofdatacollectionsystems(egtheSchoolCensus)toallowcomparativeassessmentsoftheprofilesofserviceuserswithnationalandlocalpatterns.Respondentstotheconsultationtoldusabouttheknock-onimpactsandcoststhatchangestothetick-boxeswithinthecensuscanhaveelsewhere.Theyexpressedadesireforminimalchange,aswellasaneedforconsistencytoallowcomparableanalysestobeundertakenfromonecensustothenext.

ONSproposestocontinuetocollectinformationaboutethnicgroupandnationalidentity.ONSwillconsiderwhetherthereissufficientneedforadditionalresponsecategoriesintheethnicgroupquestion.Thiswilltakeintoaccountanyopportunitiesandconstraintsassociatedwithaskingthequestiononline,viaarangeofdifferentdevices,whilstalsoconsideringthatconsistentandcomparablequestionswillneedtoformpartofthepaperquestionnaire.

Informationabouttheamountofunpaidcareisusedbycentralandlocalgovernmenttoallocateresourcestoservicesdesignedtosupportcarers.Ithasalsobeenusedtosupportdecisionmakingrelatedtotheintroductionofthe2014CareAct.ONSreceivedsuggestionsaboutcollectingadditionalinformationaboutcarersandwhotheycareforinthe2021Census.Howevertheevidenceprovideddidnotsupportinclusionaheadofothertopics.

ONSwillcontinuetocollectinformationabouttheamountofunpaidcareinthe2021Census.

3.5 Carers


Amountofunpaidcareprovided Collect Collect



Informationaboutgeneralhealthandlong-termhealthproblemsanddisabilityinformresourceallocationbycentralandlocalgovernment.Theyarealsoimportanttopicsintheassessmentofinequality,andinformationisusedtohelptargetinterventionsaimedatreducinginequalitynationallyandlocally.DisabilityisaprotectedcharacteristicundertheEqualityAct2010.Basedontheevidencethereisademonstrableneedforthesetopics.ONSwillcontinuetocollectinformationaboutgeneralhealthandlong-termhealthproblemsanddisabilityinthe2021Censusanddonotexpecttomakechangestothequestionsused.

Respondentstotheconsultationsuggestedarangeofadditionaltopicsforwhichtheyhadinformationneedsincludingmentalhealth,healthconditions(includingspecificconditionssuchasheartdiseaseanddiabetes),incapacities,andfactorsaffectinghealthsuchassmokingandobesity.Howevertheuserneedforthesetopicswasnotsufficienttoincludethemaheadofothertopics.

3.6 Health


Generalhealth

Factorsaffectinghealth

Mentalhealth

Long-termhealthproblemordisability

Healthconditionsandincapacities

Collect





Collect

Donotcollect

Donotcollect

Collect

Donotcollect

Informationaboutqualificationsheldisusedwidelyacrosscentralandlocalgovernmenttoinformservicedeliveryandpolicydevelopment.Inparticularusesinvolvetargetinginterventionstoaddressareaswherelowskillslevelshavebeenidentified.

Theevidenceprovidedbyusersshowedthattheirmostpressingneedwasforinformationabouthighestlevelsofqualificationsandnoqualifications.Inordertocapturehighestlevelofqualifications,evidencefromtheLabourForceSurvey(LFS)andothersourcesshowsthisrequirestherecordingofallacademic,vocational,professional,andotherqualificationsheld.

Theupdatedviewremainstocollectthesedata.However,thecensusquestionaboutqualificationsdidnotworkwellin2001and,despiteconsiderabledevelopment,didnotwork

3.7 Education


Qualifications Collect Collect



wellin2011either.Thereforeadditionalworkwillbeundertakenwiththeaimofshorteningandsimplifyingthisquestion.ONSwillinvolvetheDepartmentforBusiness,InnovationandSkills(BIS),theDepartmentforEducation(DfE)andWelshGovernmentinthisworksothatchangestothequestionwillcontinuetomeetuserneeds.Theoutcomeswillinformthedevelopmentofaquestiontobeincludedinthe2021Census.

Long-terminternationalmigrationandinternalmigrationarebothimportantcomponentsofthepopulationestimatesandprojections,whichunderpinplanningandresourceallocationacrosscentralandlocalgovernment.Theyalsocontributetotheunderstandingofpopulationchangeatalocallevel,allowinglocalauthoritiestoplananddeliverservicesincludingeducation,housingandhealthcare.

Questionscollectinginformationaboutlong-termandshort-terminternationalmigration,andinternalmigrationwereallusedoperationallyinthe2011Censustoensureeveryonewascountedeitherasausualresidentorashort-termmigrant.ONSintendstousetheinformationinthiswayagaininthe2021Census.

Informationaboutshort-terminternationalmigrationcomplementsthepopulationestimatesonausualresidencebasis,providinglocalauthoritieswithagreaterunderstandingoftheirtotalpopulationandtheirservicerequirements.Whilethecaseforcollectingthisinformationhasnotbeenmadeonthebasisofuserneed,thequestionsarefundamentaltoimprovingresponsetothecensusandensuringeveryoneiscountedeitherasausualresidentorshort-termmigrant.

ONSintroducedaquestionaboutpassportsheldin2011asaproxyforcitizenship.Thisinformationisusedtosupportthedevelopmentofmigrationpolicy,aswellasmonitoringthenationalandlocalimpactsofinternationalmigrationandinformingcommunitycohesionwork.ONSwillcontinuetocollectthisinformationinthe2021Census.

Therewasarequestforadditionalinformationaboutreasonformigration.Howevertherewasinsufficientuserneedtoincludethisaheadofothertopicsandwedonotproposetocollectthis.

3.8 Migrationandcitizenship


Long-terminternationalmigration

Reasonformigration

Internalmigration

Short-terminternationalmigration

Citizenship

Collect


Collect

Collect

Collect

Collect

Donotcollect

Collect

Collect

Collect



Informationonreligionisusedbyarangeofdatausersincludingcentralgovernment,localauthoritiesandreligiousorganisationstoplananddeliverservices.

Asaprotectedcharacteristic,itallowsorganisationstomeettheirdutiesundertheEqualityAct2010.Previousresearchhasshownthatreligiousaffiliation,ascapturedbythe2011CensusquestionisthedimensionofreligionmostcloselyalignedtothedefinitionofreligionintheEqualityAct.ThereforeONSintendstocontinuetoaskaboutreligiousaffiliationinthe2021Census.

Whiledatausersproposedthatadditionalinformationaboutphilosophicalbeliefshouldalsobecollected,testingaheadofthe2011Censusdemonstratedthatincludingphilosophicalbeliefswithinthequestionchangedhowrespondentsthoughtaboutreligion.Thisledtothemprovidinganswersonreligiousbeliefratherthanaffiliation.Itisthereforenotintendedtoexpandthescopeofthereligionquestiontoincludethisaspectoftheprotectedcharacteristic.

ONSintendtokeepthereligionquestionthesameasin2011,whichwillprovidecontinuitywith2001and2011Censusresults.

3.9 Religion


Religion Collect Collect

InformationaboutWelshlanguageskillsisusedwidelybytheWelshGovernmentandlocalauthoritiesinWalestomonitoruseoftheWelshlanguageandtoinformstrategiestosupportandpromotetheWelshlanguage.ThisrequirementhasbeenstrengthenedbylegalresponsibilitiesarisingfromWelshlanguagelegislation,particularlyinrelationtofulfillingresponsibilitiesundertheWelshLanguageAct1993andTheWelshLanguageStandards(No.1)(Wales)Regulations2015.ONSintendstocontinuetocollectinformationaboutWelshlanguageskillsinWalesinthe2021Census.

InformationaboutmainlanguagesusedandEnglishlanguageproficiencyisusedtoplanservices,forexampleinrelationtoeducationandtranslation,andtotargetinterventionsaimedatincreasingintegration.ONSintendstocontinuetocollectthisinformationinthe2021Census.

3.10 Language


Welshlanguage

Englishlanguageproficiency

Mainlanguagesused

CollectinWales

CollectwheremainlanguagenotEnglish(orWelshinWales)

Collect

CollectinWales

Collect

Collect



ONSwillbalanceconsiderationofuserneed,respondentburdenandspaceconstraintswhenreviewingrequirementsforadditionalresponseoptionsinthemainlanguagesusedquestion.

Economicactivitydatafromthecensusarewidelyusedbycentralandlocalgovernment.UnemploymentandeconomicinactivityareimportantmeasuresthatcanshowdisadvantageforgroupscoveredbytheEqualityAct2010.Asakeydimensionoflocaleconomicperformance,economicactivityisusedbylocalauthoritiestoformeconomicplansandstrategies,underpinninglargeamountsofpublicspending.

ONSwillcontinuetocollectinformationabouteconomicactivityinthe2021Census.IfchangesareneededtomaintainconsistencywithInternationalLabourOrganization(ILO)guidelinesandwithLFSoutputs,thequestionswillbereviewedasupdatedguidelinesbecomeavailableandchangesareassessed.

Informationaboutoccupationandindustryprovidesspecificdetailaboutlocallabourmarkets.Forexampleoccupationdatacanbeusedtoidentifyareasofexclusionfromparticulartypesofwork.Industrydatacanbeusedtoidentifywheresmallpopulationstendtobeemployedinaparticularsector.Theinformationisusedtounderpinlocaleconomicdevelopmentplans,andlargeinfrastructureprojects.

ONSwillcontinuetocollectinformationaboutoccupationandindustryinthe2021Census.Inpredominantlypaper-basedcensusesaccuratecaptureandcodingofoccupationandindustrycanbedifficultandcostly.ONSwilldevelopandtestfunctionalitywithintheonlinequestionnaireforself-codingtheoccupationandindustryquestions.

3.11 Labour market


Economicactivity

Supervisorystatus

NationalStatisticsSocio-economicClassification(NS-SEC)

Volunteering

Occupation

Yearlastworked

Industry

Collect

Donotcollect

Collect


Collect

Donotcollect


Collect

Considerhow/whethertomeetNS-SECneed

Derive

Considerhow/whethertomeetneed

Collect

DonotcollectExploreadmindatapotential

Collect



NS-SECisusedbyrespondentsacrosscentralgovernment,localgovernmentandacademiaasakeyindicatorinmeasuringinequalityacrossarangeofpolicyareas,includingpensionarrangements,accesstohighereducation,andpublichealth.Continuitywithpreviouscensuseswasparticularlyimportanttousers.NS-SECisderivedfromarangeofothersub-topics.ONShasrecentlyundertakenaconsultationabouttheuseofNS-SECandwhichderivationmethodismostappropriate.ThisinformationwillbeusedtoinformthelevelofNS-SECdetailprovidedfromthe2021Census.

Supervisorystatusisoneofthesub-topicsthatisusedtoderiveNS-SEC,andisusedinboththefullmethod(usedinthe2001Census)andthereducedmethod(usedin2011).ONSwillconsiderhowtomeettheneedforsupervisorystatusinthederivationofNS-SEC.

Informationaboutyearlastworkedisusedbylocalauthoritiestoprofileandunderstandtheneedsofthelong-termunemployedandacademicrespondentsexplainedthatthissub-topiccanhelpbetterdifferentiatetypesofunemployment.However,theevidenceinsupportofthiswaslimited.Yearlastworkedalsoenablesthelong-termunemployedtobedistinguishedwithinNS-SEC.Theseuseshavebeenassessed,however,theyarenotsufficienttoincludeaheadofothertopics.ONSwillexplorewhethertherearealternativewaystoprovidethisinformation,forexamplethroughtheuseofadministrativedatafromtheDepartmentforWorkandPensions(DWP).

Informationaboutvolunteeringhasnotpreviouslybeencollectedonthecensus,however,respondentsexpressedaneedfortheinformationinordertohelpunderstandanddeliversupporttoservicedeliveryviathethirdsector.ONSintendstoconsiderhowbesttocollectthisinformation.Inparticular,ONSwillengagewithstakeholderstoidentifythedetailedrequirementsforthissub-topic(egpeoplewhovolunteer,thenumberofhoursspentvolunteering)toinformthedevelopmentandtestingofquestion(s).Collectingthisinformationmayhaveadetrimentalimpactonresponsestootherquestions(egamountofunpaidcare)whichwillneedtobeassessed.

Followingdevelopmentandtesting,therewillbeaperiodofevaluationandfurtherstakeholderengagementtosupportthefinaldecisionregardinganychangestothelabourmarketandsocio-economicclassificationsub-topics.

Evidenceprovidedinresponsetothetopicconsultationhasconfirmedthatincomeinformationatlocalarealevelwouldbeusefultousersofcensusdata.However,giventhattestingaheadofthe2001and2011Censusesdemonstratedthatincludingaquestionaboutincomehadadetrimentalimpactontheoverallresponserate,andtherelativeavailabilityofadministrativedataaboutincomecomparedtoothercensustopics,theupdatedviewcontinuestobetoexplorethepotentialofadministrativedata.

3.12 Income


Income DonotcollectExploreadministrativedatapotential

DonotcollectExploreadministrativedatapotential



Inundertakingthisresearch,ONSwillcontinuetoconsideruserrequirementsforincomemeasures,inparticularcomparingwhatispossibleusingadministrativesourceswithwhatusersrequire.Weintendtopublishthefirstresultsfromthisresearchaspartoftheautumn2016administrativedataresearchoutputs 4.Theaimsoftheseincomeresearchoutputsareto:

• updateusersonprogresswithadministrativedataandtoseekfeedbacksothatmethods canbeimproved

• supportworkwithdatasupplierstoimprovedataqualityforstatisticalpurposes.

Respondentstoldusthattheyuseinformationaboutmethodoftraveltoworkandaddressofplaceofworktosupporttransportplanningthroughtransportmodels.Itisalsousedwidelyforpolicydevelopmentandmonitoringincludingassessmentoftheimpactofpasthousingandtransportpolicy.ONSintendstocontinuetocollectinformationaboutmethodoftraveltoworkandaddressofplaceofwork.

Respondentsalsotoldusaboutaddressofplaceofstudyasapotentialsourcetoassistwithplanningtransportservices.Howevertheuserneedwasexpressedinthecontextofagreaterunderstandingoftransportpatternsmoregenerally.Alongsidetheimportanceofcontinuitywithpreviouscensusesfortraveltoworkdata,ONShasassessedthattheuserneedwasnotsufficienttoincludetraveltoplaceofstudyaheadofothertopics.

3.13 Travel


Methodoftransporttoplaceofwork

Addressofplaceofstudy

Addressofplaceofwork

Collect

Donotcollect

Collect

Collect

Donotcollect

Collect

4 The first research outputs were published in October 2015 and include population estimates by age and sex at local authority level: http://www.ons.gov.uk/census/censustransformationprogramme/administrativedataresearchoutputs5 http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/harmonisation/secondary-set-of-harmonised-concepts-and-questions/sexual-identity.pdf

Thereisaclearneedamongdatausersforimprovedinformationonsexualidentity,especiallyinrelationtopolicydevelopment,serviceprovisionandfulfillingdutiesundertheEqualityAct2010.ONSincludesanationalharmonisedstandard 5questiononsexualidentityintheAnnualPopulationSurvey(APS).Oneyearofsurveydatacanonlyproducerobustestimatesatregional

3.14Sexualidentity


SexualIdentity Furtherinformationrequired Considerhow/whetherto meetneed

http://www.ons.gov.uk/census/censustransformationprogramme/administrativedataresearchoutputs

http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/harmonisation/secondary-set-of-harmonised-concepts-and-questions/sexual-identity.pdf



level.Asthepublisheddataarestableovertime,ONSisassessingthefeasibilityofcombiningseveralyears’ofdatatoproducemoredetailedlocalauthoritylevelestimates.

ONSintendstoincludeaquestiononsexualidentityinthe2017CensusTest.Thedesignofthetestwillenableustoassesswhethertheinclusionofaquestiononthistopichasaneffectonoverallresponseandtoassessthequalityofresponses.Thecurrentassumptionisthatthequestiontobeincludedforthe2017Testisthecurrentversionoftheself-completionharmonisedquestion 6.Howeverquestiontestingwillbeundertakentoreviewthepublic’sunderstandingoftheself-completionversionofthequestionasthishasnotbeenfullytestedorusedinahouseholdsurvey.

ONSwillalsoassessthepublicacceptabilityofaskingaquestiononthistopicinthe2021Census.

ONSexpectthatincludingaquestiononsexualidentityinthecensuswouldrequireanamendmenttotheCensusAct1920.Thiswasthecasewhenareligionquestionwasaddedinthe2001Census.SuchprimarylegislationhadtobepassedbyboththeHouseofCommonsandtheHouseofLords.MembersoftheHouseofLordswereconcernedthatthereligionquestioncouldbeseenasaninfringementofrespondents’civillibertiessoitwasdecidedthatthequestionwouldbevoluntary;thismightalsobenecessaryforanyquestiononsexualidentity.

AllthisinformationwillbeusedtodecidewhethertorecommendtoGovernmentandParliamentaquestiononsexualidentityinthe2021Census.

6 http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/harmonisation/secondary-set-of-harmonised-concepts-and-questions/sexual-identity.pdf

Datausersshowedaclearrequirementforgenderidentityforpolicydevelopmentandserviceplanning;especiallyinrelationtotheprovisionofhealthservices.Thisfocusedonaneedfordataatlocalauthoritylevelforapopulationcomprisinglessthanonepercentofthepopulation,aswellasfordatatobeavailableforanalysisincombinationwithothercharacteristics.

RespondentsalsotoldusthatdataaboutindividualswiththeprotectedcharacteristicofgenderreassignmentwasrequiredinrelationtofulfillingequalitydutiesundertheEqualityAct2010.However,theconsultationresponseswerenotclearontheexactoutputcategoriesrequired.Hence,theexactconceptstobemeasuredneedtobeclarified.Additionally,otherconsiderationsregardingdataquality,publicacceptabilityandrespondentburdenare‘high’.Followingthe2007‘EqualitiesReview’bytheCabinetOffice,ONSpublishedthe‘TransDataPositionPaper’in2009.Thisconcludedthat“datacollectionviahouseholdsurveysisnotthemostappropriatemethodofmeetingtheserequirements.”

AswiththesexualidentitytopicONSexpectthattheadditionofaquestionongenderidentitywouldrequireanamendmenttotheCensusAct1920,andthatthequestionmightneedtobevoluntary.

3.15Newtopic:Genderidentity


GenderIdentity N/A-proposednewtopic Considerhow/whetherto meetneed

http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/harmonisation/secondary-set-of-harmonised-concepts-and-questions/sexual-identity.pdf



ONSwillreviewthe‘TransDataPositionPaper’inlightofsubsequentchangesinlegislationandtheidentifieddifficultiesofcollectingdataongenderidentitywithinhouseholdsurveyswiththeaimofrecommendinghow,andwhether,totakeforwardfurtherworkongenderidentity.

Thereisaclearneedforinformationonthearmedforcescommunityincludingveteransanddependents,particularlyinrelationtomakingdecisionsaboutserviceplanninganddeliveryandtheallocationofresourcestomeettherecommendationsintheArmedForcesCovenant.However,theuserneedforthistopicisnotstrongenoughtoincludethisaheadofothertopicsinthe2021Census.Asaresult,therearenoplanstoundertakefurtherworkforacensusquestiononthistopic.

TheONSAPShasrecentlyincludedquestionstocollectinformationonveterans.Weexpectthatadditionalinformationfromthissourcewillbeavailableinfuture.Inaddition,wewillinvestigatethefeasibilityoflinkingadministrativesources,onarmedforcesveterans,todatafromthe2021Censustoproducetheoutputsrequiredbyusers.

3.16Newtopic:Armedforcescommunityandveterans


Armedforcescommunity N/A-proposednewtopic DonotcollectExploreadmindatapotential

ONSareawareoftheimportanceofthecensustofamilyhistoryresearch.Unlikemostotherusersofcensusdata,genealogistsareinterestedinrecordleveldata,releasedtothepublic100yearsaftereachcensus.2021Censusrecordswillthereforenotbeusedbycurrentgenealogists,butrequestsarebeingmadetobenefitfuturefamilyhistoriansafter2021.

Genealogiststendtobemostinterestedinbasicdemographyandhouseholdrelationshipstoenablethemtoidentifyindividualsandtheirfamilyrelationships.Othercensustopicsprovideadditionalbackgroundinformationwhichhelpstoconfirmthatthecorrectfamilymemberhasbeenidentified.

Oneofthemainthemeshighlightedbygenealogists’responseswastherequesttoincludeplaceofbirthasanewsub-topicinthe2021Censusinordertoenablethemtomoreeasilyidentifythecorrectfamilymember.Placeofbirthwaslastcollectedinthe1951Census.

ONSdoesnotintendtocollectanyinformationrequestedsolelyforgenealogicalpurposes.Theinformationcollectedinthe2021Censuswillbekeptconfidentialfor100yearsandwillthenbeavailableforfamilyhistoryresearch.

3.17Newtopic:Genealogy


Placeofbirth

Maidenname



Donotcollect

Donotcollect



Therewassupportfortheinitialviewthattheenumerationbaseforthe2021Censusshouldremainunchangedfrom2011.ONSintendstocontinuewiththesameenumerationbaseasin2011.

Output bases

Therewasgeneralagreementthattherewassufficientflexibilityinthe2011Censusoutputbases.Respondentstoldusabouthowtheyusedataonarangeofoutputbases.Theseincludedusinghouseholdsorusualresidentsincalculatingratesforindicatorsandtheuseofworkplaceand/orworkdaypopulationstocomplementthesewhenassessingtheimpactofthelocallabourmarketonthepopulationandunderstandingdemandforlocalservices.ONSintendstocontinuetoproduceoutputsonthesamebasesasfor2011.

3.18Outputandenumerationbases

Enumerationbase


Usualresidencedefinition

Visitordefinition

Householddefinition

Short-termresidentdefinition

Unchanged

Unchanged

Unchanged

Unchanged

Unchanged

Unchanged

Unchanged

Unchanged



Table5Proposeddevelopmentactivitiesfornewtopicsandtopicsrequiringreview

Topic detail Next steps

Maritalstatus

Numberofrooms

Ethnicgroup

Education

Economicactivity

Supervisorystatus

TheMarriage(SameSexCouples)Act2013hasbeenintroducedsincethe2011Census.Themaritalstatusresponsecategoriesandquestiondesignwillbereviewedandrevisedifappropriatetoreflectthesechanges.

ONSwillconsiderhowandwhethertomeettheneedforinformationaboutnumberofrooms.

InMarch2015,ParliamentapprovedanInformationSharingOrdertoallowtheValuationOfficeAgencytoshareinformationaboutpropertyattributes,includingthenumberofrooms,withtheUKStatisticsAuthority.ONSwillbeconductingresearchusingthesedatawhichwillexplorethepotentialtousethemasanalternativesourceofinformationaboutthenumberofrooms,tomeetusers’needsandfulfilourobligationsunderEuropeanregulations.

ONSproposestocontinuetocollectinformationaboutethnicgroupandnationalidentityinacomplementaryway.ONSwillconsiderwhetherthereissufficientneedforadditionalresponsecategoriesintheethnicgroupquestion.Thiswilltakeintoaccountanyopportunitiesandconstraintsassociatedwithaskingthequestiononline,viaarangeofdifferentdevices,whilstalsoconsideringthatconsistentandcomparablequestionswillneedtoalsoformpartofthepaperquestionnaire.Theworkwillalsoconsidertheimpactonotherswhousethisquestion.

Additionalworkisrequiredtoexploreoptionstoshortenandsimplifythisquestiontoreducerespondentburdenandimprovethequalityofresponses.ONSintendstoundertakeareviewofthequalificationsquestion,inconsultationwiththeDepartmentforBusiness,InnovationandSkills(BIS),theDepartmentforEducation(DfE)andWelshGovernment.

ONSwillcontinuetocollectinformationabouteconomicactivityinthe2021Census.IfchangesareneededtomaintainconsistencywithILOguidelinesandwithLFSoutputs,thequestionswillbereviewedasupdatedguidelinesbecomeavailableandchangesareassessed.

Supervisorystatusisoneofthesub-topicsthatisusedtoderiveNS-SEC,andisusedinboththefullmethod(usedinthe2001Census)andthereducedmethod(usedin2011).ONSwillconsiderhowtomeettheneedforsupervisorystatusinthederivationofNS-SEC.

4. Next steps

ONSwillbeundertakingdevelopmentandsmall-scalequestiontesting,aheadoffinalisingthequestionnaireforthe2017CensusTest.Thislarge-scaletest(ofabout100,000households)willbeasplitsampletestwithoneofthemainaimsbeingtoassesstheimpactonresponseoftheinclusionofasexualidentityquestion.

Table5summarisestheplansforthosesub-topicswherequestionchanges,ornewquestionsmayberequired.



Topic detail Next steps

Volunteering

Sexualidentity

Genderidentity

Informationaboutvolunteeringhasnotpreviouslybeencollectedonthecensus.ONSwillengagewithstakeholderstoidentifythedetailedrequirementsforthissub-topictoinformthedevelopmentandtestingofquestion(s)todeterminesuitabilityforthe2021Census.

ONSintendstoincludeaquestiononsexualidentityinthe2017CensusTest.Thedesignofthetestwillenableustoassesswhethertheinclusionofaquestiononthistopichasaneffectonoverallresponseandtoassessthequalityofresponses.

ONSwillalsoassessthepublicacceptabilityofaskingaquestiononthistopicinthe2021Census.

AnychangetotheCensusAct1920toenableaquestiononsexualidentitywouldlikelyhavetobemadethroughprimarylegislation,aswasthecasewhenareligionquestionwasaddedinthe2001Census.

SuchprimarylegislationhadtobepassedbyboththeHouseofCommonsandtheHouseofLords.MembersoftheHouseofLordswereconcernedthatthereligionquestioncouldbeseenasaninfringementofrespondents’civillibertiessoitwasdecidedthatthequestionwouldbevoluntary;thismightalsobenecessaryforanyquestiononsexualidentity.

AllofthisinformationwillbeusedtodecidewhethertorecommendtoGovernmentandParliamentaquestiononsexualidentityinthe2021Census.

Thereisauserneedfordataaboutgenderidentity,particularlyinrelationtoplanningservicesfor,andallocatingresourcesto,interventionstosupportthiscommunity.TheuserneedfordataonthosewiththeprotectedcharacteristicofgenderreassignmentisstrengthenedbytheEqualityAct2010.Hence,ONSplanstotakeforwardthefollowingworkongenderidentity:

• reviewthe‘TransDataPositionPaper’inlightofsubsequentchangesin legislationandtheidentifieddifficultiesofcollectingdataongenderidentity withinhouseholdsurveys• seektolearnfromotherNationalStatisticsAgencies• workwithstakeholders,includingmembersofthetranscommunity,toclarifythe specificdatarequiredongenderidentityandtheconceptstobemeasured• identifyoptionsformeetingtheuserneedfordata;payingparticularattentionto publicacceptability

Questionsincludedin2011wentthroughathoroughtestingprogrammeandouranalysisof2011resultsshowsthatthemajorityofquestionsprovideresultsofacceptablequality.Therefore,ONSdoesnotcurrentlyintendtomakechangestothequestionsusedinthe2011Censusbeyondthoseoutlinedintable5.

However,inconsideringthequestionstobeincludedinthe2021CensusONSwilltakeintoaccountanyopportunitiesandconstraintsassociatedwithcollectinginformationprimarilyonlineaswellasviapaperquestionnaires.



Onlineresponseprovidesopportunitiestoimprovequality,reducerespondentburdenandreducecoststhroughtheuseofself-codingfunctionality.Forexamplethereisscopetoenhancethecollectionofaddressinformationonlinethroughusingaddresslook-upfunctionality.Thisshouldhelprespondentstocompletethequestionnairemoreeasily,improvingaccuracy,aswellasreducingthecostsassociatedwithcaptureandcodingofaddressinformation.

Howeverthereareconstraintsthatrelatetohowquestionswithlargenumbersofresponsecategoriesor‘tick-boxes’appearonarangeofdevices.Itisimportanttoensurethatthepresentationdoesnotinfluencetheresponseprovided,asthiscouldaffectcomparabilityovertimeandwithotherdatasources.

Followingthedevelopmentandtestingstagestherewillbeaperiodofevaluationtosupportthefinaldecisionregardinganychangestothequestions.Theseactivitieswillbesufficientlyprogressedtoprovideaclearproposalforthe2021CensusquestionnaireintheCensusWhitePaperin2018.AfinalsetofquestionswillbesubmittedtoParliamentforapprovalin2019.

Table6setsoutthetimetablefordevelopmentandfinalisationofthetopicsandquestionstobeincludedinthe2021Census.

Table6Timetablefordevelopmentandfinalisationoftopicsandquestionsforthe 2021 Census

Date Activity

2016

Spring2017

2017-2018

Mid2018

Spring2019

2019

Developmentof2017Testquestionnaire

ONSwillbeconductingalargescaletestin2017.Thiswillcoverabout100,000householdswithtwomainobjectives:

• totesttheimpactoftheinclusionofaquestiononsexualidentityonthe overallresponserateandthequalityoftheresponsesreceived

• totestproposedoperationalproceduresandsupportingsystems

Evaluationof2017Testresults,andfurtherdevelopmentactivitiesifrequired

CensusWhitePaper–whichwillcontainproposalsforthetopicstobeincludedinthe2021Census

CensusRehearsal–thiswillrehearseournearfinal2021Censusdesignincludingnearfinalquestionnairecontent

2021CensusquestionnairefinalisedforapprovalbyParliamentandtheNationalAssemblyforWales



Annex A: Guidance for scoring topics against user requirements criteria

Thescoringrangesguidetheupperandlowerlimitsofscoresthatevidenceineachcategorycanbegiven.Sub-topicsareallocatedascorewithinthehighestscoringcategoryforwhichrobustevidencewhichclearlydefinestheuserrequirementshasbeengiven.

Criterion ScoringguidanceWeight Scoringrange

Purpose

Smallgeographiesorpopulations

Alternativesources

Centralgovernment-resourceallocationorserviceplanninganddeliveryorlegalrequirementfordatatobecollected

Outputarea

Noalternativesourceinuseandnonelikelytobeinuseby2021

Alternativesourceinusethatpartiallymeetsneedsandunlikelytofullymeetneedsby2021

Noalternativesourceinusebutlikelytobeinuseby2021(egnewsource,dataqualityimproved,ordataaccessnegotiated)

Superoutputarea(LSOA/MSOA)

Ward

Localauthority

Region

Nation

Other

Localgovernment-resourceallocationorserviceplanninganddelivery

Otherpurposes(includingpolicydevelopmentandmonitoringandresearchrequirements)

Nouserneed

3.0

2.0

1.5

7-10

9-10

10

4-6

7-8

7-8

5-7

3-7

1-5

0-5

0-10

6-9

1-7

0



Criterion ScoringguidanceWeight Scoringrange

Alternativesourceinusethatpartiallymeetsneedsbutlikelytofullymeetneedsby2021(egnewdataadded,qualityimprovedordataaccessnegotiated)

Alternativesourceexiststhatfullymeetsneeds

Occasionallywithawiderangeofothercensussub-topics

Frequentlywithalimitedrangeofothercensussub-topics

Notatall

Important

Quiteimportant

Notimportant

Occasionallywithalimitedrangeofothercensussub-topics

1-3

0

5-7

4-7

0

5-7

2-4

0-1

6-10

8-10

7-8

0

2-3


Continuitywithpreviouscensuses

ComparabilitybeyondEnglandandWales

Frequentlywithawiderangeofothercensussub-topics

Hascompared2011Censusdatawithpreviouscensuses

Veryimportant

Datanotcollectedpriorto2011Censusbutwillcompare2021with2011and/orhascomparedwithothersources

Datanotpreviouslycollectedonacensusornoplansforcomparisonwithotherdata

1.5

1.0

1.0

8-10



Topic Sub-topicContinuity

with previous censuses

Weighted overall score

Comparabilitybeyond

England and Wales

Alternativesources


Smallgeographies

or populations

Purpose

Collected in the 2011

Census

Age Yes 10 10 10 10 10 92.55

Typeofaccommodationandself-containment Yes 9 9 8 7 9 82.06

Typeofcentralheating Yes 7 8 6 5 8 69.57

Ethnicgroup Yes 9 10 9 8 10 90.58

Englishlanguageproficiency Yes 7 10 8 7 8 83.010

Maritalstatus Yes 8 7 8 8 9 76.06

Numberofrooms Yes 8 8 7 7 8 73.05

Technology No 7 7 5 2 0 50.54

Welsh Yes 8 10 9 3 9 78.56

Sex Yes 10 10 10 10 10 92.55

Tenureandlandlord(ifrenting) Yes 9 9 8 7 9 82.06

Numberofcarsorvans Yes 8 9 6 7 9 77.57

Nationalidentity Yes 7 7 5 4 7 65.58

Religion Yes 8 8 8 8 8 80.08

Householdandfamilyrelationships Yes 10 10 8 9 10 93.08

Numberofbedrooms Yes 8 9 7 7 8 76.56

Petownership No 5 7 3 8 0 50.56

Mainlanguagesused Yes 7 10 8 7 8 83.010

Basicdemographicsandhouseholdcomposition

Housing

Ethnicityandnationalidentity

Language

Religion

AnnexB: EvaluationresultsAnnexB1-Userneedsscores-orderedbytopic






Comparabilitybeyond

England and Wales

Alternativesources


Smallgeographies

or populations

Purpose


Census

Long-terminternationalmigration Yes 9 10 9 10 9 91.58

Reasonformigration No 8 7 5 8 0 61.05

Mentalhealth No 7 7 5 5 0 55.05

Economicactivityandhoursworked Yes 9 8 9 9 10 84.56

Supervisorystatus Yes 3 0 2 3 0 24.06

Internalmigration Yes 9 9 6 9 9 79.55

Generalhealth Yes 8 9 9 9 9 82.56

Factorsaffectinghealth No 7 5 5 3 0 50.56

NationalStatisticsSocio-economicClassification(NS-SEC) Yes 9 8 9 8 8 81.56

Short-terminternationalmigration Yes 7 7 4 5 5 63.08

Healthconditions No 6 7 5 5 0 52.05

Occupation Yes 8 9 8 8 6 77.06

Yearlastworked Yes 5 7 6 6 4 55.55

Volunteering No 7 8 6 7 0 63.57

Citizenship Yes 7 7 5 9 8 68.56

Long-termhealthproblemordisability Yes 9 10 9 9 9 87.56

Industry Yes 8 9 8 7 9 79.06

Migration

Qualificationsheld Yes 8 8 7 8 9 76.56Education

Health

Amountofunpaidcareprovided Yes 8 8 7 8 9 81.09Carers

Labourmarketandsocio-economicclassifications






Comparabilitybeyond

England and Wales

Alternativesources


Smallgeographies

or populations

Purpose


Census

Methodoftransporttoplaceofwork Yes 9 9 9 6 9 82.56

SexualidentitySexualidentity No 8 8 8 8 0 72.08

Placeofbirth No 2 1 2 0 0 17.04

Addressofplaceofstudy No 7 9 4 5 0 59.06

Armedforces No 8 7 7 6 0 62.05

Addressofplaceofwork Yes 9 9 9 5 9 81.56

Additionaltopics Genderidentity No 7 7 7 6 0 66.510

Maiden/formername No 1 0 2 0 0 12.04

Travel

Income No 7 10 6 7 0 64.55Income

AnnexB2-Userneedsscores-orderedbyweightedoverallscore






Comparabilitybeyond

England and Wales

Alternativesources


Smallgeographies

or populations

Purpose


Census

Age Yes 10 10 10 10 10 92.55

EthnicgroupEthnicityandnationalidentity Yes 9 10 9 8 10 90.58

Sex Yes 10 10 10 10 10 92.55

HouseholdandfamilyrelationshipsBasicdemographicsandhouseholdcomposition



Yes 10 10 8 9 10 93.08

Long-terminternationalmigrationMigration Yes 9 10 9 10 9 91.58

Typeofaccommodationandself-containment

Housing

Housing

Yes 9 9 8 7 9 82.06

EnglishlanguageproficiencyLanguage Yes 7 10 8 7 8 83.010

Tenureandlandlord(ifrenting) Yes 9 9 8 7 9 82.06

MainlanguagesusedLanguage Yes 7 10 8 7 8 83.010

Long-termhealthproblemordisabilityHealth Yes 9 10 9 9 9 87.56

EconomicactivityandhoursworkedLabourmarketandsocio-economicclassifications


Yes 9 8 9 9 10 84.56

GeneralhealthHealth Yes 8 9 9 9 9 82.56

MethodoftransporttoplaceofworkTravel Yes 9 9 9 6 9 82.56


Yes 9 8 9 8 8 81.56






Comparabilitybeyond

England and Wales

Alternativesources


Smallgeographies

or populations

Purpose


Census

Amountofunpaidcareprovided Yes 8 8 7 8 9 81.09Carers

AddressofplaceofworkTravel Yes 9 9 9 5 9 81.56

ReligionReligion Yes 8 8 8 8 8 80.08

InternalmigrationMigration Yes 9 9 6 9 9 79.55

Occupation Yes 8 9 8 8 6 77.06

IndustryLabourmarketandsocio-economicclassifications


Yes 8 9 8 7 9 79.06

Qualificationsheld Yes 8 8 7 8 9 76.56Education

MaritalstatusBasicdemographicsandhouseholdcomposition

Yes 8 7 8 8 9 76.06

WelshLanguage Yes 8 10 9 3 9 78.56

NumberofcarsorvansHousing Yes 8 9 6 7 9 77.57

NumberofbedroomsHousing Yes 8 9 7 7 8 76.56

SexualidentitySexualidentity No 8 8 8 8 0 72.08

NumberofroomsHousing Yes 8 8 7 7 8 73.05

TypeofcentralheatingHousing Yes 7 8 6 5 8 69.57

CitizenshipMigration Yes 7 7 5 9 8 68.56

GenderidentityGenderidentity No 7 7 7 6 0 66.510

NationalidentityEthnicityandnationalidentity Yes 7 7 5 4 7 65.58






Comparabilitybeyond

England and Wales

Alternativesources


Smallgeographies

or populations

Purpose


Census

ArmedforcesArmedforces No 8 7 7 6 0 62.05

Income No 7 10 6 7 0 64.55Income

VolunteeringLabourmarketandsocio-economicclassifications

No 7 8 6 7 0 63.57

ReasonformigrationMigration No 8 7 5 8 0 61.05

Short-terminternationalmigrationMigration Yes 7 7 4 5 5 63.08

PlaceofbirthGenealogy No 2 1 2 0 0 17.04

AddressofplaceofstudyTravel No 7 9 4 5 0 59.06

Maiden/formernameGenealogy No 1 0 2 0 0 12.04

MentalhealthHealth No 7 7 5 5 0 55.05

SupervisorystatusLabourmarketandsocio-economicclassifications

Yes 3 0 2 3 0 24.06

FactorsaffectinghealthHealth No 7 5 5 3 0 50.56

HealthconditionsHealth No 6 7 5 5 0 52.05

YearlastworkedLabourmarketandsocio-economicclassifications

Yes 5 7 6 6 4 55.55

TechnologyHousing No 7 7 5 2 0 50.54

PetownershipHousing No 5 7 3 8 0 50.56



Topic Sub-topic

Age



Ethnicgroup


Maritalstatus

Numberofrooms

Technology

Welsh

Sex


Numberofcarsorvans

Nationalidentity

Religion


Numberofbedrooms

Petownership

Mainlanguagesused

Impact on data quality

Low

Low

Medium

Low

Medium

Low

High

Proposednewtopic–noassessmentmade

Medium

Low

Medium

Low

Low

Low

Medium

Low


Low

Impact on public

acceptability

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Impact on respondent

burden

Low

Medium

Medium

Medium

Medium

Low

Medium

Medium

Low

Medium

Low

Low

Medium

High

Low

Medium

Impact on financialconcerns

Low

Low

Low

Medium

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Medium

Low

High

Low

Low

Impact on questionnaire

mode

Low

Low

Low

Medium

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Medium

Low

Medium

Low

Low


Housing


Language

Religion

AnnexB3-Otherconsiderations



Topic Sub-topic


Reasonformigration

Mentalhealth

Economicactivityandhoursworked

Supervisorystatus

Internalmigration

Generalhealth




Healthconditions

Occupation

Yearlastworked

Volunteering

Citizenship


Industry

Migration

QualificationsheldEducation

Health

AmountofunpaidcareprovidedCarers



Medium


High




High

High

Medium

Medium

Medium

High

High

High

Derivedtopic–noassessmentmade

Low

Medium

Low

Medium

Impact on public

acceptability

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low


burden

High

High

Medium

High

Medium

Medium

Low

High

Medium

High

Low

High

Medium

Medium


Medium

High

Low

Low

High

Low

Low

High

Low

Low

Low

Medium

Low

Low


mode

Low

Low

Low

Medium

Medium

Low

Low

Low

Low

High

Low

Medium

Low

Low



Topic Sub-topic


SexualidentitySexualidentity

Placeofbirth


Armedforces


Additionaltopics Genderidentity

Maiden/formername

Travel

IncomeIncome


Low

High


High


Medium

High

High


Impact on public

acceptability

Low

High

Low

Low

High

High


burden

Low

High

Medium

Medium

High

High


Low

Medium

Medium

High

High

Medium


mode

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Medium



Topic Sub-topic

Age



Ethnicgroup


Maritalstatus

Numberofrooms

Technology

Welsh

Sex


Numberofcarsorvans

Nationalidentity

Religion


Numberofbedrooms

Petownership

Mainlanguagesused

Operationalrequirement

Maximum

Maximum

Moderate

None

Minimum

Minimum

Maximum

Maximum

Maximum

Moderate

Minimum

Minimum

None

Minimum

Maximum

Minimum


Housing


Language

Religion

AnnexB4-Operationalrequirements


Reasonformigration

Internalmigration


Citizenship

Migration

QualificationsheldEducation

Minimum

Minimum

Minimum

Minimum

Maximum

Moderate

Mentalhealth

Generalhealth


Healthconditions


Health

AmountofunpaidcareprovidedCarers Minimum

None

Minimum

Minimum

Minimum

None

None

None



Topic Sub-topic Operationalrequirement

Economicactivityandhoursworked

Supervisorystatus


Occupation

Yearlastworked

Volunteering

Industry

Labourmarketandsocio-economicclassifications Moderate

None

Moderate

None

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate


SexualidentitySexualidentity

Placeofbirth


Armedforces


Additionaltopics Genderidentity

Maiden/formername

Travel

IncomeIncome

Minimum

None

None

None

Moderate

None

None

None

None

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