Guidance

Gender data

Published 28 May 2019

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1. Gender data in the UK - overview

Office for National Statistics (ONS), equalities data audit: , . on the ONS website.

Some of the topics:

Data portraying gendered salary breakdown by bands across sectors

  • 鈥� most tables breakdown by gender, i.e. click on the occupation or industry tables (20 & 21) and you鈥檒l get comparable male and female numbers.

  • 鈥� a decomposition analysis of the factors affecting the pay gap

Data on the financial impact that having children has on women

  • 鈥� a comparison of mothers鈥� and fathers鈥� employment rates

  • 鈥� research outputs rather than national statistics

Gender disaggregated data on procurement - Companies House and their may help; however, this data is not open

Transparency in broadcasting:

  • Ofcom reviews public service broadcasters (PSBs) in terms of how they are meeting PSB obligations, including representing the lives and concerns of diverse groups. Here is their latest of the PSBs which contains audience outreach data

  • data reports combine collecting diversity data of television broadcasters (both in terms of the content on screen and the diversity of employees off screen).

  • Ofcom report

Data on vulnerable groups that might be underreported, e.g. definition of homelessness doesn鈥檛 encompass people who don鈥檛 have a fixed address despite not living on the streets, thus excluding them from getting any support - this group tend to be women, often single mothers.

  • The Centre for Equalities & Inclusion are looking at ways to improve gathering information from non-private households, here is the .

  • (overview)

  • National Records of Scotland study exploring the relationship between homelessness and health, gender is among other data collected in the study.

Data on social care performed by adults

for the UK which disaggregates much of the data available by sex

summarising the differences between 鈥榮ex鈥� and 鈥榞ender鈥�

2. Gender pay gap in the UK

Gender pay gap action plan - GLA: and

3. Other (not only UK-based; various reports and initiatives)

Melinda & Bill Gates Foundation -

Gender-related reports - The World Wide Web Foundation:

  • .

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