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  • Aug, 2015

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    Forms of intolerance

    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   Large prob. Mod. prob. Small prob. Not a prob.   Don’t know   Sep 12  Total large/ mod. Jun 13  Total large/ mod. Feb 14  Total large/ mod. Jun 15  Total large/ mod.
    Racism against people from other countries 60% 22% 38% 28% 9% 4% 71% 69% 64% 58%
    Racism against indigenous Australians 54% 19% 35% 29% 12% 4% 51%
    Sexism 47% 14% 33% 38% 10% 6% 45% 52% 51% 44%
    Homophobia 47% 13% 34% 32% 13% 7% 50% 51% 47% 42%
    Religious intolerance 53% 18% 35% 30% 11% 5% 65% 54% 51% 56%
    Ageism 48% 17% 31% 33% 12% 8% 44% 46% 49% 49%

    47% think homophobia is a major/moderate problem in Australia – up 5% since June.

    60% think that racism against people from other countries is a major/moderate problem in Australia – and 54% think racism against indigenous Australians is a major/moderate problem. These figures have not changed substantially since June.

  • Jun, 2015

    Forms of intolerance

    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

    A large problem

    Moderate problem

    Small problem

    Not a problem at all

    Don’t know

     

    Jun 13 Total large/ moder ate

     

    Mar 15 Total large/ moder ate

    Racism against people from other countries

    58%

    22%

    36%

    28%

    8%

    5%

     

    69%

     

    67%

    Racism against indigenous Australians

    51%

    20%

    31%

    32%

    12%

    5%

    Sexism

    44%

    13%

    31%

    38%

    11%

    6%

     

    52%

     

    47%

    Homophobia

    42%

    14%

    28%

    35%

    15%

    8%

     

    51%

     

    45%

    Religious intolerance

    56%

    20%

    36%

    28%

    10%

    6%

     

    54%

     

    61%

    Ageism

    49%

    17%

    32%

    31%

    12%

    8%

     

    46%

     

    45%

    56% think that religious intolerance is a major/moderate problem in Australia – down 5% since March.

    58% think that racism against people from other countries is a major/moderate problem in Australia – and 51% think racism against indigenous Australians is a major/moderate problem.

    These figures have not changed substantially since March.

    Note – “racism” has been split into racism against people from other countries and racism against indigenous Australians.

  • Feb, 2014

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    Experience of forms of intolerance

    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%

    Sexism

    29%

    25%

    33%

    41%

    26%

    19%

    29%

    Religious intolerance

    28%

    27%

    28%

    35%

    27%

    19%

    29%

    Ageism

    26%

    23%

    28%

    22%

    25%

    30%

    24%

    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.

  • Jun, 2013

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    Experience of forms of intolerance

    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+

    Racism

    39%

    37%

    41%

    51%

    38%

    26%

    Religious intolerance

    29%

    28%

    29%

    37%

    29%

    18%

    Sexism

    29%

    26%

    32%

    38%

    28%

    21%

    Homophobia

    26%

    24%

    28%

    40%

    24%

    14%

    Ageism

    24%

    23%

    24%

    19%

    24%

    30%

    39% 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. 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.

  • Sep, 2012

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    Experience of intolerance in Australia

    Q. Do you personally experience one or more of the following forms of intolerance?

    %[1]

    Racism

    12%

    Ageism

    12%

    Sexism

    11%

    Religious intolerance

    6%

    Homophobia

    4%

    None of the above

    67%

    The vast majority of respondents do not experience intolerance (67%).

    Of the forms of intolerance listed, 12% of respondents experience racism, 12% experience ageism and 11% experience sexism.

    Smaller portions of respondents experience religious intolerance (6%) and homophobia (4%).


    [1]Total will exceed 100% as respondents were able to select one or more of the forms of intolerance.

  • Sep, 2012

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    Party better at dealing with intolerance

    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.

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