Compendium of practices for equality data collection

The Compendium of Practices on Equality Data covers practices on different discrimination grounds and areas of life in which discrimination, inequality and exclusion can occur. The compendium is linked to the Guidelines on improving the collection and use of equality data and aims to provide inspiration and practical examples on how to implement them. Read more >>

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  • Perception of discrimination in Spain: 2013 and 2016 surveys
    Encuesta sobre percepción de la discriminación en España: encuestas 2013 y 2016
    Equality, non-discrimination and racism
    Country:
    Spain
    Guidelines:
    Operational guidelines, Ensure comprehensiveness, Ensure regular and timely data collection, Improve comparability
    Ground of discrimination:
    Age, Disability, Gender identity or expression, Racial or ethnic origin, Religion or belief, Sex, Sexual orientation, All grounds / Cross-cutting, Includes multiple / intersectional discrimination
    In 2013 and 2016, the Spanish Institute of Women and for Equal Opportunities carried out two comprehensive surveys on the perceptions of discrimination and anti-discrimination policies, experiences of discrimination and attitudes towards minority groups among the general population in Spain. A comparative report on both surveys was released in 2018.
  • Pilot survey on living conditions, origins and trajectories of the resident population in Portugal
    Inquérito piloto às condições de vida, origens e trajetórias da população residente em Portugal
    Equality, non-discrimination and racism
    Country:
    Portugal
    Guidelines:
    Operational guidelines, Collect information on self-identification, Ensure regular and timely data collection
    Ground of discrimination:
    Age, Racial or ethnic origin, Religion or belief, Sex, Includes multiple / intersectional discrimination
    Statistics Portugal developed a small-scale pilot survey on the origins, trajectories and living conditions of the resident population by the end of 2021. Since Statistics Portugal had no experience in collecting data on ethnic origin in official statistics, a pilot survey was designed and data collection was carried out.
  • Potential victims’ perception of discrimination based on racial or ethnic origin, 2020
    Equality, non-discrimination and racism
    Country:
    Spain
    Guidelines:
    Operational guidelines, Mainstream equality data, Ensure regular and timely data collection, Improve comparability
    Ground of discrimination:
    Racial or ethnic origin, Sex
    The study’s main goal is to gain insight into how potential victims perceive racial or ethnic discrimination and how this has evolved over time in terms of extent and intensity, and to identify the areas, circumstances and specific manifestations of discrimination, with a special focus on the field of employment and training for employment. Employment and training are of particular interest, as this is one of the areas where higher levels of discrimination were detected in the latest editions of this report.
  • Pretest of a question module on discrimination experiences in the innovation sample of the Socio-Economic Panel 2020
    Pretest eines Fragenmoduls zu subjektiven Diskriminierungserfahrungen in der SOEP-Innovationsstichprobe 2020
    Equality, non-discrimination and racism
    Country:
    Germany
    Guidelines:
    Operational guidelines, Mainstream equality data, Ensure regular and timely data collection
    Ground of discrimination:
    All grounds / Cross-cutting
    In 2020/2021, the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) conducted a comprehensive pretest of a question module on self-reports of discrimination in various areas of life. The aim was to prepare the module for the inclusion in the core sample of the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
  • Profile and pathway of job seekers in the Brussels Region: Monitoring by national origin
    Equality, non-discrimination and racism
    Country:
    Belgium
    Guidelines:
    Institutional and structural guidelines, Build institutional capacity, Facilitate effective use, Operational guidelines, Ensure comprehensiveness, Mainstream equality data, Enhance validity and reliability, Ensure representativeness, Improve comparability, Mainstream intersectional approach
    Ground of discrimination:
    Age, Racial or ethnic origin, Sex, Includes multiple / intersectional discrimination
    Actiris, the Brussels Regional Employment Office, developed a study to understand specific barriers facing job seekers by monitoring their national origins, and mechanisms of discrimination on the basis of origin and sex.
  • Project on Roma inclusion – Fulfilling preconditions for effective implementation of national minority policies – Phase I
    Equality, non-discrimination and racism
    Country:
    Croatia
    Guidelines:
    Institutional and structural guidelines, Build up data hub, Build institutional capacity, Facilitate effective use, Operational guidelines, Ensure comprehensiveness, Mainstream equality data, Ensure regular and timely data collection, Enhance validity and reliability
    Ground of discrimination:
    All grounds / Cross-cutting
    The project consisted of producing detailed regional and thematic analyses of the specificities of the position of Roma in several areas of life, which were drafted, published (in Croatian, Romani and English) and presented at five thematic national conferences. In addition, it included activities aiming to address the baseline data research results in the area of education as well as capacity-building activities for implementing the national plan for Roma inclusion (NPRI) at regional and local levels. Throughout the project cycle, Roma representatives have been closely involved and the activities undertaken gave special attention to Roma women, youth and children.
  • Public health indicators of Roma people in the Republic of Croatia
    Equality, non-discrimination and racism
    Country:
    Croatia
    Guidelines:
    Institutional and structural guidelines, Foster inter-institutional cooperation, Facilitate effective use, Operational guidelines, Ensure comprehensiveness, Ensure regular and timely data collection, Enhance validity and reliability, Ensure representativeness, Improve comparability
    Ground of discrimination:
    Racial or ethnic origin
    This research was based on pairing the aggregated data of the Croatian Institute of Public Health from public health databases and registers (health data) with data of the Ministry of Interior Affairs (ethnic data) with the objective of informing public health policies relating to the health of the Roma population. This research is the first research based on combining nationally representative healthcare data and ethnic data in Croatia.
  • Report on standing and rights of national minorities for the period 2017–2018 / Report on the use of national minority languages for the period 2017–2018
    Equality, non-discrimination and racism
    Country:
    Slovakia
    Guidelines:
    Institutional and structural guidelines, Foster inter-institutional cooperation, Facilitate effective use, Operational guidelines, Mainstream equality data
    Ground of discrimination:
    Racial or ethnic origin
    Every two years, the Plenipotentiary of the Government of the Slovak Republic for National Minorities (PGNM) prepares a report on the standing and rights of national minorities, and a report on the use of national minority languages, to map the development of use of rights of national minorities. Both reports are publicly available and approved by the government. They are prepared in cooperation with various ministries, municipalities and other state authorities that provide data, so the reports include all the relevant information on the use of rights by national minorities.
  • Roma Inclusion in the Croatian Society: a Baseline Data Study
    Uključivanje Roma u hrvatsko društvo: istraživanje baznih podatak
    Equality, non-discrimination and racism
    Country:
    Croatia
    Guidelines:
    Institutional and structural guidelines, Build up data hub, Operational guidelines, Ensure comprehensiveness, Enhance validity and reliability, Ensure representativeness
    Ground of discrimination:
    Racial or ethnic origin, Includes multiple / intersectional discrimination
    In 2018, the Croatian Government Office for Human Rights and Rights of National Minorities published a study collecting baseline data on the socio-economic position of the Roma community in order to monitor progress with respect to Roma inclusion and integration. The basis for the study was a mapping of the Roma population, combining external and self-identification methods, which gave a precise indication of the size of the Roma population in Croatia for the first time ever.
  • Socio-Economic Monitoring: Labour Market and Origin
    Monitoring socio-économique: marché du travail et origine
    Equality, non-discrimination and racism
    Country:
    Belgium
    Guidelines:
    Institutional and structural guidelines, Foster inter-institutional cooperation, Build up data hub, Operational guidelines, Ensure comprehensiveness, Mainstream intersectional approach, Ensure regular and timely data collection
    Ground of discrimination:
    Racial or ethnic origin, Includes multiple / intersectional discrimination
    Every two years, the Belgian Federal Public Service for Employment, Work and Social Dialogue and the Belgian equality body (Unia) link socio-economic data from various national databases to monitor developments with respect to equal opportunities for people with a migration background in the labour market. The latest research was published in a report in December 2017.