Ethnicity data: data quality resources
This page links to reports and blog posts on ethnicity data quality issues, written by analysts in the Race Equality Unit (formerly the Race Disparity Unit).
Blog posts
The Race Equality Unit (formerly the Race Disparity Unit) has produced the following blog posts to help users understand important aspects of data quality:
- , August 2024
- , January 2024
- , December 2023
- , April 2023
- , April 2023
- , May 2022
- , April 2022
- , March 2022
- , January 2022
- , June 2021
- , January 2021
- , April 2020
- , April 2020
- , October 2019
- , July 2019
- , June 2019
- , June 2019
- , March 2019
Methods and quality reports
The following reports cover the use and interpretation of ethnicity data, data about particular ethnic groups, and ethnicity data improvement.
Use and interpretation of ethnicity data
Data about particular ethnic groups
Improving ethnicity data
Updates to this page
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Added links to 2 blog posts written by Richard Laux, Chief Statistician in the Cabinet Office, and published on the Government Analysis Function blog.
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Removed links to 2 blog posts published on the Government Analysis Function blog in December 2023 and January 2024 that have since been removed.
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Added links to 2 recently-published blog posts written by Richard Laux (Head of Analysis in the Equality Hub) for the Government Analysis Function blog.
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Added links to 3 new publications 鈥撀�2 blog posts, and one methods and quality report.
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