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+ |
Total Jun 13 |
Total Feb 14 |
Total Mar 15 |
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Racism against people from other countries |
28% |
24% |
32% |
33% |
28% |
22% |
39% |
36% |
33% |
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|
Racism against indigenous Australians |
19% |
17% |
21% |
24% |
18% |
15% |
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|
Sexism |
23% |
17% |
30% |
26% |
26% |
17% |
29% |
29% |
26% |
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|
Homophobia |
19% |
16% |
21% |
24% |
20% |
11% |
26% |
24% |
19% |
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|
Religious intolerance |
26% |
23% |
30% |
31% |
27% |
20% |
29% |
28% |
26% |
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|
Ageism |
23% |
19% |
26% |
19% |
22% |
28% |
24% |
26% |
22% |
28% say they have experienced or witnessed racism against people from other countries in the past 12 months, while about one quarter have exintoperienced or witnessed sexism, ageism and religious intolerance.
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Q. Have you personally experienced or witnessed any of the following forms of intolerance in the past 12 months?
|
|
Total |
|
Men |
Women |
Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 |
Aged 55+ |
|
Total Jun 13 |
| Racism |
36% |
37% |
35% |
47% |
33% |
26% |
39% |
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| Sexism |
29% |
25% |
33% |
41% |
26% |
19% |
29% |
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| Religious intolerance |
28% |
27% |
28% |
35% |
27% |
19% |
29% |
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| Ageism |
26% |
23% |
28% |
22% |
25% |
30% |
24% |
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| Homophobia |
24% |
25% |
22% |
36% |
19% |
15% |
26% |
36% say they have experienced or witnessed racism in the past 12 months, while about one quarter have experienced or witnessed each of the other forms of intolerance. These figures have changed little since this question was last asked in June last year.
Younger people were much more likely to have experienced/witnessed racism, homophobia, sexism and religious intolerance. 30% of those aged 55+ say they have experienced/witnessed ageism. 33% of women say they have experienced/witnessed sexism.