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Vanita Barrett committed Mar 26, 2021
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- why you’re asking the questions, and what you’ll do with the information
- that the questions are optional

## Where to place equality questions
### Where to place equality questions

For a service that people are likely to use on a one-off basis:

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{{ example({group: "patterns", item: "equality-information", example: "explainer-screen", html: true, nunjucks: true, open: false}) }}

### Longer term services
#### Longer term services

With a service that you expect users to return to multiple times, you’ll need to decide where to place the equality questions. For example, with an account-type service with tasks that need to be completed at different times, you might choose to make answering the equality questions an optional task.

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See the [full list of Government Statistical Service harmonised standards](https://gss.civilservice.gov.uk/guidances/harmonised-standards-guidance/) if you want to collect other types of equality information. For example, about income or employment status.

## Asking about date of birth (age)
### Asking about date of birth (age)

Use this approach to ask for the user’s date of birth.

{{ example({group: "patterns", item: "equality-information", example: "date-of-birth", html: true, nunjucks: true, open: false}) }}

## Asking about disability
### Asking about disability

Use this approach to ask about disability.

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{{ example({group: "patterns", item: "equality-information", example: "disability-impact", html: true, nunjucks: true, open: false}) }}

## Asking about ethnic group
### Asking about ethnic group

The ethnic groups used here are for England. The Government Statistical Service harmonised standard for ethnicity uses [different categories for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland](https://gss.civilservice.gov.uk/policy-store/ethnicity/). This is to reflect differences in local populations.

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{{ example({group: "patterns", item: "equality-information", example: "black", html: true, nunjucks: true, open: false}) }}
{{ example({group: "patterns", item: "equality-information", example: "other", html: true, nunjucks: true, open: false}) }}

## Asking about marriage or civil partnership status
### Asking about marriage or civil partnership status

Use this approach to ask about marriage or civil partnership status.

{{ example({group: "patterns", item: "equality-information", example: "marriage-status", html: true, nunjucks: true, open: false}) }}

## Asking about religion
### Asking about religion

The categories used here are for England. The Government Statistical Service harmonised standard for religion uses [different categories for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland](https://gss.civilservice.gov.uk/policy-store/religion/). This is to reflect differences in local populations.

If your service covers more than one of England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, you should accommodate these differences in your design. For example, by changing the categories shown depending on where the user is based. Where this isn’t possible, use the English categories.

{{ example({group: "patterns", item: "equality-information", example: "religion", html: true, nunjucks: true, open: false}) }}

## Asking about sex and gender identity
### Asking about sex and gender identity

Use this approach to ask about sex and gender identity.

{{ example({group: "patterns", item: "equality-information", example: "sex-gender", html: true, nunjucks: true, open: false}) }}

## Asking about sexual orientation
### Asking about sexual orientation

Use this approach to ask about sexual orientation.

{{ example({group: "patterns", item: "equality-information", example: "sexual-orientation", html: true, nunjucks: true, open: false}) }}

## Validation and error messages
### Validation and error messages

If a user enters information that’s valid but incomplete, accept it. For example, they might just enter their year of birth without the day or month.

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