Affordable housing
Harmonised principle
This report by the Government Statistical Service (GSS) Harmonisation Team explores the different definitions of affordable housing and associated terminology used in the UK.
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Sex and Gender
Harmonised principle
This page provides information on work underway across the Government Statistical Service to harmonise measures of sex and gender in data collection across government. The update below focuses on the harmonisation of sex questions in the UK censuses (England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland). Some information is provided in the ‘related work’ section on […]
Learn moreIncome and earnings
Harmonised principle
Introduction Income and earnings are topics of great importance to people across the country. Earnings refers to money earned from employment, whereas income is total money received, including from earnings,…
Learn moreMeasuring disability with EU data
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The following guidance sets out how to measure disability. This is based on the criteria used by different organisations or legislation to classify a person as disabled. These are for use in social surveys and administrative sources. They have been developed through consultation and workshops with key stakeholders including the devolved administrations.
Learn moreMeasuring disability for the Equality Act 2010
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The following guidance sets out how to measure disability. This is based on the criteria used by different organisations or legislation to classify a person as disabled. These are for use in social surveys and administrative sources. They have been developed through consultation and workshops with key stakeholders including the devolved administrations.
Learn moreCrime and fear of crime
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The following guidance sets out how to collect and report statistics about crime and fear of crime to ensure statistics about this topic are as comparable as possible across the Government Statistical Service (GSS).
Learn moreEconomic activity status, National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC) and employment related questions
Harmonised principle
The following guidance sets out how to collect and report statistics about economic activity status to ensure statistics about this topic are as comparable as possible across the Government Statistical Service (GSS).
Learn moreEmployment variables: number of employees and number of self-employed persons
Harmonised principle
The following guidance sets out how to collect and report statistics about employment variables to ensure statistics about this topic are as comparable as possible across the Government Statistical Service (GSS).
Learn moreEmployment variables: hours worked and full-time equivalent (FTE)
Harmonised principle
The following guidance sets out how to collect and report statistics about employment variables to ensure statistics about this topic are as comparable as possible across the Government Statistical Service (GSS).
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Harmonised principle
The following guidance sets out how to collect and report statistics about homelessness to ensure statistics about this topic are as comparable as possible across the Government Statistical Service (GSS).
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