ageism, homophobia, intolerance in australia, Racism, religious intolerance, sexism
Q. Have you personally experienced or witnessed any of the following forms of intolerance in the past 12 months?
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Total |
|
Men |
Women |
Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 |
Aged 55+ |
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Total Jun 13 |
Total Feb 14 |
| Racism |
33% |
35% |
32% |
45% |
32% |
21% |
39% |
36% |
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| Sexism |
26% |
21% |
32% |
32% |
25% |
20% |
29% |
29% |
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| Religious intolerance |
26% |
25% |
27% |
36% |
24% |
17% |
29% |
28% |
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| Ageism |
22% |
21% |
24% |
20% |
18% |
32% |
24% |
26% |
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| Homophobia |
19% |
18% |
20% |
27% |
17% |
12% |
26% |
24% |
33% say they have experienced or witnessed racism in the past 12 months, while about one quarter have experienced or witnessed sexism and religious intolerance. These figures have dropped a little since this question was last asked in February last year.
Younger people (aged 18-34) were more likely to have experienced/witnessed racism (45%), homophobia (27%), sexism (32%) and religious intolerance (36%). 32% of those aged 55+ say they have experienced/witnessed ageism. 32% of women say they have experienced/witnessed sexism.
ageism, homophobia, intolerance in australia, Racism, religious intolerance, sexism
Q. For each of the following forms of intolerance, please indicate to what extent you think it is a problem in Australia.
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Total large/ moderate |
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A large problem |
Moderate problem |
Small problem |
Not a problem at all |
Don’t know |
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Sept 12 Total large/ moderate |
Jun 13 Total large/ moderate |
|
| Racism |
64% |
25% |
39% |
29% |
6% |
2% |
71% |
69% |
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| Religious intolerance |
51% |
18% |
33% |
32% |
14% |
4% |
65% |
54% |
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| Sexism |
51% |
15% |
36% |
37% |
10% |
3% |
45% |
52% |
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| Ageism |
49% |
15% |
34% |
31% |
13% |
8% |
44% |
46% |
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| Homophobia |
47% |
16% |
31% |
36% |
13% |
5% |
50% |
51% |
64% think that racism is a major/moderate problem in Australia – down a little compared to when this question was previously asked in June last year. Just over half believe that religious intolerance and sexism are major/moderate problems.
Those most likely to think racism a major/moderate problem were women (68%), Greens voters (85%) and Labor voters (71%).
Those most likely to think sexism a major/moderate problem were women (58%) and Greens voters (70%).
Those most likely to think homophobia a major/moderate problem were women (54%), Greens voters (77%), Labor voters (54%) and aged 18-34 (56%).
54% of those aged 55+ think ageism is a major/moderate problem.
There were no substantial differences between groups on views about religious intolerance.
11 June 2013, 110613, ageism, homophobia, intolerance in australia, Racism, sexism
Q. For each of the following forms of intolerance, please indicate to what extent you think it is a problem in Australia.
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Sept 12 Total large/ moderate |
|
Total large/ moderate |
A large problem |
Moderate problem |
Small problem |
Not a problem at all |
Don’t know |
|
| Racism |
71% |
69% |
29% |
40% |
24% |
5% |
2% |
|
| Religious intolerance |
65% |
54% |
22% |
32% |
32% |
10% |
4% |
|
| Sexism |
45% |
52% |
18% |
34% |
35% |
11% |
3% |
|
| Homophobia |
50% |
51% |
18% |
33% |
33% |
10% |
5% |
|
| Ageism |
44% |
46% |
16% |
30% |
34% |
11% |
9% |
69% think that racism is a major/moderate problem in Australia – a similar result to when this question was previously asked in September last year. Just over half believe that religious intolerance, sexism and homophobia are major/moderate problems. The percentage thinking religious intolerance is a major/moderate problem has dropped 11 points while those thinking sexism is a major/moderate problem has increased 7 points since September.
Those most likely to think racism a major/moderate problem were women (76%), Greens voters (87%) and Labor voters (75%).
Those most likely to think sexism a major/moderate problem were women (61%), Greens voters (76%) and Labor voters (69%).
Those most likely to think homophobia a major/moderate problem were women (61%), Greens voters (74%), Labor voters (61%) and aged 18-34 (57%).
55% of those aged 55+ think ageism is a major/moderate problem.
There were no substantial differences between groups on views about religious intolerance.
24 September 2012, 240912, ageism, homophobia, intolerance in australia, Racism, religious intolerance, sexism
Q. For each of the following forms of intolerance, please indicate to what extent you think it is a problem in Australia:
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Total – A large problem |
Exp. Racism (n=127) |
Exp. (n=110) |
Exp. (n=67) |
Exp. Ageism (n=123) |
Do not exp. (n=701) |
Male |
Female |
|
| Racism |
32% |
51% |
42% |
35% |
34% |
28% |
29% |
35% |
| Sexism |
12% |
18% |
32% |
21% |
16% |
9% |
9% |
15% |
| Homophobia |
18% |
20% |
38% |
21% |
24% |
15% |
16% |
20% |
| Religious intolerance |
31% |
32% |
40% |
48% |
36% |
28% |
28% |
34% |
| Ageism |
15% |
16% |
20% |
23% |
34% |
11% |
15% |
15% |
The table above shows the results from the previous question (‘a large problem’ only) by sub-samples of those that experience one or more of the forms of intolerance and gender. Only those sub-samples with a sample size of 50 respondents or greater are shown.
Respondents that experience racism were far more likely to regard racism as a large problem (51%).
Those that experience sexism were more likely to see all forms of intolerance as a large problem: racism (42%), sexism (32%), homophobia (38%), religious intolerance (40%) and ageism (20%).
Those that experience religious intolerance were more likely to regard sexism (21%), religious intolerance (48%) and ageism (23%) to be a large problem.
Those had do not experience any form of intolerance were consistently less likely to regard them to be a large problem.
Male respondents were also consistently less likely to regard each form of intolerance to be a large problem, compared with female respondents, save for ageism where an equal portion of male and female respondents (15%) see ageism as a large problem.