Scotland's New Ethnicity Classification for Scottish Official Statistics and Recommended for Scotland's 2011 Census

Scotland's New Ethnicity Classification for Scottish Official Statistics and Recommended for Scotland's 2011 Census

Description	Scotland's New Ethnicity Classification for Scottish Official Statistics and Recommended for Scotland's 2011 Census
ISBN	978 0 7559 1785
Official Print Publication Date
Website Publication Date	July 30, 2008

ISBN 978 0 7559 1785 3 (Web only publication)
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Contents

Foreword by Scotland's Chief Statistician and Scotland's Registrar General
Executive Summary
1. Background
2. The Decision-Making Process
3. The Work Programme and Evidence Base
4. Constraints for Classification Development
5. The New Ethnicity Classification and Supporting Evidence

Annex A - Review Timeline and Project Stages
Annex B - UK Guiding Principles for Developing Census Questions
Annex C - Key Findings of Each of the Main Evidence Strands
Annex D - Useful Sources of Information
Annex E - Proxy Comparisons between the New Classification and the 2001 Census Classification
Annex F - National Identity Questions Tested
Annex G - Contact Points

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