Scotland's New Ethnicity Classification for Scottish Official Statistics and Recommended for Scotland's 2011 Census

Footnotes

1. Committing To Race Equality - A Response From The Scottish Executive To The Report From the Race Equality Advisory Forum (2002)

2. Race Equality Advisory Forum Report (2001)

3. Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000

4. Statutory Code of Practice on the Duty to Promote Race Equality in Scotland (2002)

5. Statisticians were from the SG Office of the Chief Statistician and from GROS, researchers were from SG Communities Analytical Service Division and policy officials were from the SG Equality Unit. The official name of the review group was the Equality Scheme Implementation ( ESIG) Sub-Group.

6. These groups included: the Ethnicity, Identity, Language and Religion Topic Group ( EILR Topic Group); the UK Census Committee ( UKCC) and the UK Census Questionnaire Design Working Group ( UKCQDWG).

7. There are three UK census offices including: GROS, the Office for National Statistics ( ONS) who work in partnership with the Welsh Assembly Government ( WAG) on census development and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency ( NISRA).

8. Further details of Scotland's 2009 census rehearsal can be found at: General Register Office for Scotland website.

9. Further details of Scotland's 2006 census test can be found at: General Register Office for Scotland website.

10. Ethnicity Classification In Scotland's 2001 Census

Ethnicity Classification In The England & Wales 2001 Census

Ethnicity Classification In The Northern Ireland 2001 Census

11. The Conduct of the 2011 Censuses in the UK - Statement of Agreement Between the Registrars General (2006)

12. Further details of Scotland's 2009 census rehearsal can be found at: General Register Office for Scotland website

13. British Social Attitudes Survey - Press Release (January 2007)

14. Home Office Accession Monitoring Reports