24 September 2012, 240912, ageism, homophobia, problems 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:
|
Total large/moderate |
Total small/not |
A large problem |
Moderate problem |
Small problem |
Not a problem at all |
Don’t know |
|
| Racism |
71% |
27% |
32% |
39% |
21% |
6% |
2% |
| Religious intolerance |
65% |
32% |
31% |
34% |
23% |
9% |
2% |
| Homophobia |
50% |
45% |
18% |
32% |
33% |
12% |
5% |
| Sexism |
45% |
53% |
12% |
33% |
40% |
13% |
2% |
| Ageism |
44% |
49% |
15% |
29% |
33% |
16% |
8% |
The vast majority of respondents (71%) regard racism to be either a large or moderate problem in Australia, followed by 65% who believe religious intolerance to be a problem.
Fifty percent (50%) of respondents regard homophobia to be a large or moderate problem in Australia.
After racism, religious intolerance and homophobia, 45% of respondents view sexism as either a large or moderate problem in Australia. The majority of respondents see it as either a small problem or not a problem at all (53%).
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:
|
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.
24 September 2012, 240912, ageism, Greens party, homophobia, intolerance, Labor Party, Liberal Party, Racism, religious intolerance, sexism
Q. In your view, which party is better at dealing with the various forms of intolerance?
|
Labor |
Liberal |
Greens |
Other |
Don’t know |
|
| Racism |
17% |
23% |
11% |
2% |
46% |
| Sexism |
19% |
19% |
12% |
2% |
47% |
| Homophobia |
13% |
17% |
21% |
3% |
45% |
| Religious intolerance |
16% |
22% |
9% |
3% |
50% |
| Ageism |
16% |
20% |
8% |
3% |
52% |
With the exception of sexism, when compared to Labor, the Liberals are consistently regarded by respondents as being the party that is better at dealing with racism (23% Liberal, 17% Labor), homophobia (13% Labor, 17% Liberal), religious intolerance (16% Labor, 22% Liberal) and ageism (16% Labor, 20% Liberal).
On sexism, both the major parties are equally regarded as the party that is better at dealing with it (19% each).
The Greens are regarded as the best party to deal with homophobia (21%).
There were a high portion of don’t knows in this question, with either a majority or close to a majority of respondents selecting this option for each form of intolerance.