Presentation of Ethnic Group Data

Mixed/ Multiple ethnic groups

Asian/ Asian British

Black/ African/ Caribbean/ Black British

Issues to note when presenting data based on using the country specific harmonised country specific ethnic group question for England and Wales

Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups

Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British

African

Mixed/ Multiple ethnic groups

   White and Asian

Asian/ Asian British

Black/ African/ Caribbean/ Black British

Issues to note when presenting data based on using the harmonised country specific ethnic group question for Northern Ireland

*For Northern Ireland ‘Irish Traveller’ is collected under its own ethnic group and should be presented as Irish Traveller’. Where ‘Irish Traveller’ ‘numbers are small or disclosive it is recommended to output to ‘Any other ethnic group’. Note that 'Roma' responses should be recorded under 'Other ethnic group'. Northern Ireland's framework for monitoring minority ethnic and migrant people' published by the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister in July 2011 recommends that Roma is categorised under 'Other' ethnic group. This is because there is a distinct category for Irish Travellers, who by law (Race Relations Order) are categorised as an ethnic group in their own right. Roma is not a subset of the Irish Traveller group and the need is to have accurate data on both Roma and on Irish Travellers.

   Gypsy, Traveller or Irish Traveller *

Asian/ Asian British

Black/ African/ Caribbean/ Black British****

Issues to note when presenting GB data based on using the harmonised country specific ethnic group questions for England, Wales and Scotland

* If data too small or potentially disclosive it should be combined with ‘Other White’. There are differences in data collection across GB - Gypsy, Traveller or Irish Traveller is collected in England and Wales and ‘Gypsy/Traveller’ is collected in Scotland.

It is also recommended that 'Roma' responses are included under 'Other ethnic group' and a footnote should be presented to clarify this, however for Scotland it is likely that some ‘Roma’ might be included under Gypsy/Traveller.

**The Polish category from the country specific question for Scotland should be combined with the ‘Other White’ category. Also be aware of the possibility that ‘White Africans’ could have been recorded under ‘African’ and ‘Other White’ in Scotland.

*** Mixed/multiple ethnic groups isn’t broken down for the country specific question for Scotland and a footnote should be included to explain differences in data collection.

**** Differences in the terminology and data collection of the country specific Scotland question make these categories difficult to compare. The ‘African’ category in the Scottish question is presented in a separate section to the Caribbean or Black category, however under the harmonised output these two categories are output as part of ‘Black/African/Caribbean/Black British’.  The African categories used in Scotland could potentially capture ‘White/Asian/Other African in addition to Black identities.

   Gypsy, Traveller or Irish Traveller *

Asian/ Asian British

Black/ African/ Caribbean/ Black British

Other ethnic group

Issues to note when presenting GB data based on using the harmonised country specific ethnic group questions for England and Wales and using the same question for Scotland  

* Where numbers are small or disclosive for England, Wales and Scotland it is recommended to output to ‘Other White’. There are differences in data collection across GB - Gypsy, Traveller or Irish Traveller is collected in England and Wales and ‘Gypsy/Traveller’ is collected in Scotland. It is recommended that 'Roma' responses are included under 'Other ethnic group' and a footnote should be presented to clarify this, however for Scotland it is likely that some ‘Roma’ might be included under Gypsy/Traveller.

Mixed/ Multiple ethnic groups***

Asian/ Asian British

Black/ African/ Caribbean/ Black British****

Issues to note when presenting UK data based on using the harmonised country specific ethnic group questions for England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland
* This category could include Polish responses from the country specific question for Scotland which would have been outputted to ‘Other White’ and then included under ‘White’ for UK. Also be aware of the possibility that ‘White Africans’ could have been recorded under ‘Other White’ and then included under ‘White’ for UK.

** For Northern Ireland, ‘Irish Traveller is collected under its own ethnic group. Where numbers for ‘Irish Traveller’ are small or disclosive in Northern Ireland it is recommended to output to ‘Other ethnic group’. Where numbers are small or disclosive for England, Wales and Scotland it is recommended to output to ‘Other White’.

There are differences in data collection across the UK for ‘Gypsy, Traveller or Irish Traveller’, which make it difficult to produce a UK estimate. Gypsy, Traveller or Irish Traveller is collected in England and Wales and ‘Gypsy/Traveller’ is collected in Scotland and they are both output under ‘White’. However, if there is a need to show a UK output for, 'Gypsy, Traveller or Irish Traveller'(and the numbers are not small or disclosive,) the responses from the GB questions can be combined with the responses from the 'Irish Traveller' category from Northern Ireland. It is recommended that 'Roma' responses are included under 'Other ethnic group' and a footnote should be presented to clarify this, however for Scotland it is likely that some ‘Roma’ might be included under Gypsy/Traveller . Northern Ireland's framework for monitoring minority ethnic and migrant people' published by the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister in July 2011 recommends that Roma is categorised under 'Other' ethnic group. This is because there is a distinct category for Irish Travellers, who by law (Race Relations Order) are categorised as an ethnic group in their own right. Roma is not a subset of the Irish Traveller group and the need is to have accurate data on both Roma and on Irish Travellers).

***This classification isn’t broken down for the country specific question for Scotland and a footnote should be included to explain differences in data collection.

****Differences in the terminology and data collection of the country specific Scotland question make these categories difficult to compare. The ‘African’ category in the Scottish question is presented in a separate section to the ‘Caribbean’ or ‘Black’ category, however, under the harmonised output these two categories are output as part of Black/African/Caribbean/Black British’. The African categories used in Scotland could potentially capture ‘White/Asian/Other African’ in addition to ‘Black’ identities.

*****See Irish Travellers above

Mixed/ Multiple ethnic groups

Asian/ Asian British

Black/ African/ Caribbean/ Black British

Issues to note when presenting UK data based on using the harmonised country specific ethnic group questions for England , Wales and Northern Ireland and the England and Wales question for Scotland

*There are differences in data collection across the UK for ‘Gypsy, Traveller or Irish Traveller which make it difficult to produce a UK estimate - Gypsy, Traveller or Irish Traveller is collected in England and Wales and ‘Gypsy/Traveller’ is collected in Scotland. Also for GB ‘Gypsy, Traveller or Irish Traveller’ is included under ‘White’ and where numbers are small or disclosive for England, Wales and Scotland it is recommended to output to ‘Other White’

** For Northern Ireland, ‘Irish Traveller is collected under its own ethnic group and should be presented as Irish Traveller’. Where numbers for ‘Irish Traveller’ are small or disclosive in Northern Ireland it is recommended to output to ‘Other ethnic group’ (***). Where numbers are small or disclosive for England, Wales and Scotland it is recommended to output to ‘Other White’.

There are differences in data collection across the UK for ‘Gypsy, Traveller or Irish Traveller’, which make it difficult to produce a UK estimate. Gypsy, Traveller or Irish Traveller is collected in England and Wales and ‘Gypsy/Traveller’ is collected in Scotland and they are both output under ‘White’. However, if there is a need to show a UK output for, 'Gypsy, Traveller or Irish Traveller'(and the numbers are not small or disclosive,) the responses from the GB questions can be combined with the responses from the 'Irish Traveller' category from Northern Ireland. It is recommended that 'Roma' responses are included under 'Other ethnic group' and a footnote should be presented to clarify this, however for Scotland it is likely that some ‘Roma’ might be included under Gypsy/Traveller. Northern Ireland's framework for monitoring minority ethnic and migrant people' published by the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister in July 2011 recommends that Roma is categorised under 'Other' ethnic group. This is because there is a distinct category for Irish Travellers, who by law (Race Relations Order) are categorised as an ethnic group in their own right. Roma is not a subset of the Irish Traveller group and the need is to have accurate data on both Roma and on Irish Travellers).

***Where ‘Irish Traveller’ ‘numbers are small or disclosive it is recommended to output to ‘other ethnic group’.