For contemporary organisations, whether secular or faith-based, the ‘tick-box’ approach to diversity monitoring is the default method for collecting demographic information. However, while undoubtedly helpful for statistical analysis, the limitations of this process are that the tick-box format struggles to respond to ‘mixed’ categories, to changes in collective understanding of identity, and to the sheer multiplicity and fluidity of identities within each human being
This report presents the results of research into using free-text responses instead of tick box forms to assess and understand diversity.
Download or read online the report here.