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Comparing ethnicity data for different countries

The Race Disparity Unit at the Cabinet Office Equalities Hub have analysed different approaches taken by national governments to understanding how they compare on issues such as ethnic diversity and cultural identity.

Software engineering in analysis? See what happens next!

Three sets are shown: dreamers, coders and hackers. Where dreamers and coders intersect we have hackers. The sign for hackers has been crossed out and replaced with RAP Champions.

We're borrowing software engineering tools to make analytical code more robust, and encouraging people to ditch spreadsheets for programming languages. Our aim is ease of reproducibility, quality assurance, auditability, adaptability and sustainability of our analysis.

Why we’re talking more about how we collect and analyse data on ethnicity

Computer screen showing the front page of the RDU Quality Improvement Plan

...inform our practice of combining multiple years’ data to enable us to analyse smaller ethnic groups Get involved Email us or leave a comment below if you are interested in...

How can the public sector collect better data on staff ethnicity?

Excerpt from spreadsheet highlighting multiple missing values for detailed ethnic breakdowns

...combining data for more than one year. I'd recommend that those responsible for data about teachers, children’s social workers, police and firefighters should take steps to include the Chinese group...