Comparing Transgender Identities in the Census of Scotland and the Census of England and Wales.

IF 3.3 2区社会学 Q1 SOCIOLOGY

British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2025-09-19 DOI:10.1111/1468-4446.70030

Michael Biggs

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Abstract

The most recent British census was the first to elicit transgender identity. The 2021 Census of England and Wales asked 'Is the gender you identify with the same as your sex registered at birth?'. It is has been argued that this formulation confused a substantial number of respondents who erroneously answered in the negative. The 2022 Census of Scotland asked a clearer question, 'Do you consider yourself to be trans, or have a trans history?' Comparison between the results provides further evidence that the Census of England and Wales overestimated the transgender population, and also raises the possibility that it undercounted the non-binary component of this population.

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比较苏格兰人口普查与英格兰和威尔士人口普查中的跨性别身份。

最近的英国人口普查首次引出了跨性别身份。2021年英格兰和威尔士人口普查的问题是“你认同的性别与你出生时登记的性别相同吗？”有人认为，这种表述混淆了相当数量的受访者，他们错误地回答了否定。2022年苏格兰人口普查问了一个更明确的问题：“你认为自己是变性人吗？或者你有变性史吗？”结果之间的比较提供了进一步的证据，证明英格兰和威尔士人口普查高估了跨性别人口，也提出了低估该人口中非二元组成部分的可能性。

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