Censuses

Preliminary question: why do governments take censuses of populations?

Well-designed questions?

After reading this article, published in The Guardian, answer the following questions.

• What was the new question in the 2021 census in the UK?
• According to the 2021 census, how many people identify as trans in the UK?
  • What proportion of the population does this number represent?
  • Quick maths question: what is the population in the UK then?
• What was discovered concerning people identifying as trans, regarding their
  • main language?
  • Education?
  • Ethnicity?
• Is it surprising?
• According to critics, what was the problem with the question?
• According to the Office for National Statistics, what could explain these results?
• What does this article tell about question design?
• What do you think about it? Can we trust the census' results?