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Comparing transgender identities in the census of scotland and the census of England and Wales
- Abstract:
- The most recent British census was the first to elicit transgender identity. The 2021 Census of England and Wales asked ‘Is the gender you identify with the same as your sex registered at birth?’. It is has been argued that this formulation confused a substantial number of respondents who erroneously answered in the negative. The 2022 Census of Scotland asked a clearer question, ‘Do you consider yourself to be trans, or have a trans history?’ Comparison between the results provides further evidence that the Census of England and Wales overestimated the transgender population, and also raises the possibility that it undercounted the non-binary component of this population.
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1111/1468-4446.70030
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- Wiley
- Journal:
- British Journal of Sociology More from this journal
- Volume:
- 77
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 163-169
- Publication date:
- 2025-09-19
- Acceptance date:
- 2025-09-15
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1468-4446
- ISSN:
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0007-1315
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English
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2288224
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pubs:2288224
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2025-09-15
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- Copyright holder:
- Michael Biggs
- Copyright date:
- 2025
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- © 2025 The Author(s). The British Journal of Sociology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of London School of Economics and Political Science. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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