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The CET was created by law on 28 November 2006 with the purpose of promoting, analysing and monitoring equal treatment between all persons without discrimination based on race or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion or beliefs, handicap, or age. Considering that the General Data Protection Regulation does not allow the collection of sensitive data without safeguards, and the CET´s annual report only provides information on cases that have been actively reported to the CET, this survey aims to provide a wider range of information regarding discrimination in the country.
In addition, the representative survey collects information about the reasons for non-reporting (by victims and witnesses) of cases of discrimination and the possible consequences. The survey also collects information on people to whom victims turn, in case they would like to report their experiences.
Finally, the barometer is needed to compare data over a long period. It includes a variety of grounds of discrimination that seem to be important to respondents and about which the CET has no mandate.
A basic questionnaire was developed for the first edition of the survey, which was slightly adapted for the subsequent editions (e.g. transition from only telephone-based interviews to online and computer-assisted telephone interviews). The questionnaire was also updated with new issues and actors for each new edition, with the help of TNS Ilres, which did the field research. Owing to the language situation in Luxembourg, the questionnaire exists in four languages: Luxembourgish, French and German as official languages, and Portuguese because of the sizeable Portuguese community living here.
When the fieldwork had been done, TNS Ilres prepared an initial comparative analysis highlighting the main findings and the differences from the previous years, which were then discussed with the CET. Based on those discussions, further analysis of the data was carried out. Finally, the results were presented to the press and published as a full report and an executive summary.
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