Diversity
Diversity is about recognising and valuing difference as well as accounting for inequalities and disadvantages.To help understand the issues we need to use Equality and Diversity statistics in a more cohesive and consistent way.
There are six commonly recognised 'strands' to diversity:
Age
Ethnicity
Disability
Gender
Religion
Sexual orientation
The best source of general statistics on these six strands is a summary
Research Matters (pdf, 528kb) (opens in a new window) 
bulletin.
Also available is a bulletin looking at
new population estimates by ethnic group (pdf, 364kb) (opens in a new window) and an update on
number of migrant workers (pdf, 102kb) (opens in a new window) coming to Dorset to live and work.
