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ask the wrong question get the wrong answer.
UK's trans population may be smaller than first thought as Census figure axed over confusing question
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The watchdog said that, by wording the question this way rather than the simpler ‘Are you transgender?’, the survey had confused those whose first language is not English.
It found people with a foreign first language were four times more likely to say they were ‘trans’ than those who have English as their main language. Areas with big, religiously conservative migrant populations, such as Brent and Newham in London, were found to have higher numbers of trans people than Brighton.
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The watchdog said that, by wording the question this way rather than the simpler ‘Are you transgender?’, the survey had confused those whose first language is not English.
It found people with a foreign first language were four times more likely to say they were ‘trans’ than those who have English as their main language. Areas with big, religiously conservative migrant populations, such as Brent and Newham in London, were found to have higher numbers of trans people than Brighton.
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