It would be a grave mistake to stop collecting biological data in the census
Addressing the inequalities women face necessitates that we are able to record, describe and analyse how sex impacts women’s life chances
A group of leading academics has written to
The Times raising concerns over the loss of important sex data in the census. The letter suggests that two of the government s most senior statisticians intend to abandon the principle of collecting data on biological sex by allowing people to answer the sex question on the census in line with their subjective gender identity, a move that would have serious repercussions for the future of social science and for the fight to ensure equality for women.
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