Measuring Citizenship in the UK2011 Census in England and Wales

Pete Stokes

2011 Census Statistical Design Manager

Office for National Statistics

Summary

• Background and challenges

• What we collected

• How we derive Citizenship

• Results

Background

• Citizenship not collected in any UK Census

• Few requests from users for these data• Information on Country of birth used instead

• ONS now required to deliver these data to Eurostat

• Required to baseline ONS Migration statistics

Challenges

• The UK is four countries AND one country

• Testing found that respondents did not understand the difference between terms• i.e. Citizenship, Nationality and National identity

• Large proportion of population refused to answer a question where “United Kingdom” was only relevant response option• Insisted that they were English, Welsh etc

Data Collected

• Question on Passports held asked instead• Can be used as a proxy for citizenship

• Can analyse with Country of birth to derive more accurately

Citizenship

• Derived using information on Passports held and Country of birth

Results

• Analysis shows why data on passports are required to supplement Country of birth

Country of Birth

Population (Thousands)

UK passport(%)

Non-UK passport (%)

India 694 55.1 44.9

Poland 579 4.9 95.1

Pakistan 482 68.8 31.2

Ireland 407 24.0 76.0

Germany 274 56.8 43.2

Results

Questions?

Email: peter.stokes@ons.gsi.gov.uk