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Census ‘hugely overstated’ trans population - Telegraph article

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xxyzz · 24/09/2023 00:29

Census 'hugely overstated' trans population (telegraph.co.uk)

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Census 'hugely overstated' trans population (archive.ph)

The Office for National Statistics “hugely overestimated” the number of transgender people in the UK, Whitehall sources have claimed, as the body admitted it could have carried out “additional probing” before releasing the controversial data.

An official inquiry by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) into the census finding that 260,000 people identified as transgender has drawn up several “lessons learned” from the way the data was handled by the ONS.

They include a conclusion the ONS should do more to communicate “uncertainty” about the data and should have sought external “quality assurance”.

Twitter thread here: Professor Alice Sullivan on X: ""The Office for National Statistics “hugely overestimated” the number of transgender people in the UK, Whitehall sources have claimed, as the body admitted it could have carried out “additional probing” before releasing the controversial data" t.co/kNtOqExFSq" / X (twitter.com)

Census ‘hugely overstated’ trans population

Office for National Statistics may have lost its 'credibility' to accurately record sex and gender, suggests Whitehall source

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/09/23/census-hugely-overstated-trans-population/

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Froodwithatowel · 24/09/2023 08:32

Census was an unholy mess that produced a whole lot of useless bollocks that can't be used as basis for any planning, but was a hugely expensive virtue signal. There's another waste of my taxes that I'm extremely annoyed about.

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Helleofabore · 24/09/2023 07:51

Thanks xx. That archive link works for me.

IwantToRetire · 24/09/2023 00:51

So it seems the story has been resurrected because the ONS also failed to report that the UK economy had recovered to pre-pandemic levels and Ministers are pissed off this hasn't been reported (and celebrated).

The inquiry’s findings are likely to exacerbate tensions between ministers and the ONS after the body admitted earlier this month it had underestimated the size of the economy by nearly 2 per cent as of the end of 2021 – meaning Britain recovered to its pre-pandemic level almost two years ago.

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xxyzz · 24/09/2023 00:41

CelestialSausage · 24/09/2023 00:36

cant read it

I included the archive link - does that not work?

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JaneJeffer · 24/09/2023 00:40

additional probing
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CelestialSausage · 24/09/2023 00:36

cant read it