Bridging the Gender Data Gap: Using Census Data to Understand Gender Inequalities Across the UK

在英国，性别不平等仍然是一个长期存在的问题。获得性别或按性别分类的数据对于理解和解决这些不平等现象的政策、研究和宣传至关重要，但目前仍存在重大数据缺口。英国人口普查提供了十年一次的机会，通过利用不同地理水平和受保护特征的人口数据来解决这些差距。拟议的工作将促进发现和使用人口普查数据在英国各地的性别平等分析，同时展示他们如何帮助弥合性别数据差距。这笔资金将使一系列新用户能够参与活动，提高对用于此类分析的各种多元人口普查数据的认识。根据我们的专业知识，我们将根据筹资呼吁提供活动和资源：培训和建立与使用普查数据基础设施进行性别平等分析和解决性别数据差距有关的网络。关于如何利用人口普查数据进行性别平等研究和宣传的指导。研究就绪和关联的数据集，测量英国性别平等水平的空间差异。沟通和参与，以促进性别平等分析数据的使用，特别是在英国人口普查中。全球妇女领导研究所（GIWL）将与负责地方数据项目的妇女预算小组合作提供这些项目，旨在加强妇女组织利用数据进行宣传的能力。2023年5月，我们共同主办了一场关于2021年英格兰/威尔士人口普查在弥合性别数据差距方面的潜力的活动。来自妇女界、研究/政策界和公众的112名代表参加了上午的小组讨论，网上的评论超过1100次。下午，我们举办了一个由30名妇女组织代表参加的数据研讨会。出席人数和反馈表明，人们非常希望举办更多讲习班，从性别角度探讨人口普查数据。ESRC的资金将用于在英格兰、威尔士、苏格兰和北爱尔兰举办面对面的研讨会，目标是妇女组织、地方当局和早期职业学者，以支持对性别和地区不平等的分析。我们的提议在两个方面是独一无二的。首先，我们为人口普查数据提供了明确的性别视角，以吸引数据分析经验较少的新用户，因此不太了解人口普查对理解英国性别和地区不平等的价值。其次，我们将提供一个新的研究准备数据集的访问和演示，该数据集目前由GIWL创建，用于衡量英国各地的性别平等水平。该数据集大量引用了英国人口普查数据，举例说明了如何将这些数据与社会科学研究的调查和行政数据相结合。我们将制作有针对性的用户指南，这些指南将在我们的网站上公开访问，以及新的研究就绪数据集。此外，我们将为专门研究性别平等指数的国际组织举办讲习班，以促进英国数据格局的实力，并展示如何利用全国人口普查来创建次国家指数。

Gender inequalities remain a persistent problem in the UK. The availability of gender or sex disaggregated data is critical for policy, research, and advocacy to understand and address these inequalities, yet at present there remain significant data gaps. The UK census provides a once-in-a-decade opportunity to address these gaps by leveraging population data at different geographical levels and protected characteristics.The proposed work will facilitate the discovery and use of census data for gender equality analysis across UK local areas, while demonstrating how they help bridge gender data gaps. The funding will allow a range of new users to engage in activities that promote awareness of the wide variety of multivariate census data for such analyses.Building on our expertise, we will deliver activities and resources in line with the funding call:training and networking related to the use of census data infrastructure for gender equality analysis and to address gender data gaps.guidance on how to use census data for gender equality research and advocacy.research-ready and linked dataset measuring spatial variation in gender equality levels across the UK.communications and engagement to facilitate the use of data for gender equality analysis, particularly across the UK censuses collectively.The Global Institute for Women's Leadership (GIWL) will deliver these in partnership with the Women's Budget Group, who run the Local Data Project aimed at strengthening the capacity of women's organisations for using data for advocacy. In May 2023, we co-hosted an event on the potential of the England/ Wales census 2021 in bridging the gender data gap. The morning panel was attended by 112 representatives from the women's sector, research/policy community, and public with over 1,100 views online. In the afternoon, we delivered a data workshop with 30 delegates from women's organisations. The attendance and feedback signal great appetite for additional workshops to explore the census data from a gender perspective.The ESRC funds will be used to run in-person workshops across England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland targeting women's organisations, local authorities, and early-career academics to support analysis of gender and regional inequalities. Our proposal is unique in two ways. Firstly, we offer an explicitly gendered perspective on census data to engage new users who have less data analysis experience and are therefore less aware of the value of the census for understanding gender and regional inequality in the UK. Secondly, we will offer access and a demonstration of a new research-ready dataset currently being created by GIWL to measure gender equality levels across UK local areas. This dataset draws heavily on the UK census, exemplifying how these data can be combined with survey and administrative data for social science research.We will produce targeted user guidance that will be publicly accessible on our website, along with the new research-ready dataset. Further, we will deliver workshops to international organisations specialising in gender equality indices to promote the strength of the UK data landscape and demonstrate how national censuses can be used to create subnational indices.