Slovenia, Zagovornik načela enakosti (Advocate of the Principle of Equality) (2023), Ključni rezultati javnomnenjske raziskave 'Raziskava o diskriminaciji 2022': raziskovalno poročilo (Key results of the survey 'Research on discrimination 2022': resear

Country

Slovenia

Title

Slovenia, Zagovornik načela enakosti (Advocate of the Principle of Equality) (2023), Ključni rezultati javnomnenjske raziskave 'Raziskava o diskriminaciji 2022': raziskovalno poročilo (Key results of the survey 'Research on discrimination 2022': research report), Ljubljana.

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Year

2023

Publication type

Survey evidence/report

Geographical coverage

National

Area/location of interest

Not applicable - national level

Type of Institution

Public authority

Institution

Slovenia, Advocate of the Principle of Equality (Zagovornik načela enakosti)

Thematic focus

Discrimination Public perceptions and attitudes

Groups

General population

Key findings

The Advocate of the Principle of Equality, national equality body, commissioned a survey on discrimination in Slovenia in 2022. The survey measured perceptions and experiences of discrimination among general population in Slovenia. Amongst others, the survey findings show that 49 % strongly agreed or agreed that it was not right for an employer to refuse to hire a woman just because she wears a headscarf. According to 26 % of respondents, foreigners and poor people are most often target of discrimination, followed by women (23 % of respondents), same-sex persons (22 %), religious people (14 %), persons with different disabilities (13 %), Roma (9 %), migrants and dark-skinned people (8 %, respectively) ... refugees (6 %) ... Muslims (2 %). Among respondents who claimed that they were subject to discrimination in 12 months before the survey, 24 % stated that their social position was the reason, followed by education (18 %), health status (17 %), religion or beliefs (16 %), political beliefs (15 %) ... ethnic origin or race (8 %) ... nationality (4 %). The survey also showed that 75 % of the respondents were not aware of the existence of the Advocate of the Principle of Equality.

Methodology (Qualitative/Quantitative and exact type used, questionnaires etc)

Quantitative - survey (CATI and CAWI). The survey took place in September 2022.

Sample details and representativeness

Sampling frame - residents of Slovenia aged between 18 and 75 years. Number of respondents - 1,006 (51 % men and 49 % women), representative sample by gender, age, region and education.

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