ACTGHS discrimination reason, adults

Commentary

Of the respondents to the 2022 ACT General Health Survey who reported experiencing discrimination in the past 12 months, 37.8% thought it was because of their nationality, race or ethnic group, 35.8% thought it was because of their gender, 34.0% thought it was because of their age, 29.2% thought it was because of their skin colour, 28.4% thought it was because of the way they dress or their appearance, 21.8% thought it was because of their disability or health issue and  21.5% thought it was because of the language they speak. Other reasons included occupation (16.3%), sexual orientation (11.7%), family status (8.7%), religion (7.1%), marital status (6.8%) and political position (6.7%). In 2022, males (20.4%) were significantly less likely to report that they experienced discrimination because of their gender than females (43.5%) and because of their age (males: 22.8%; females: 41.5%). Respondents aged 65 years and over were significantly more likely to report that they had experienced discrimination because of their age than respondents aged 25 to 44 years and 45 to 64 years and respondents aged 45 to 64 years were significantly more likely to report discrimination because of their age than respondents aged 25 to 44 years (25 to 44 years: 21.4%; 45 to 64 years: 42.6%; 65 years and over: 74.4%).

Note: The indicator shows self-reported data collected through Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI). Estimates were weighted to adjust for differences in the probability of selection among respondents and were benchmarked to the estimated residential population using the latest available Australian Bureau of Statistics population estimates.

Discrimination is collected every third year (2019 and 2022). Respondents are aged 18 years and over (i.e. no children).

Persons includes male, female, other sex and refused sex respondents.

The following estimates have a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution:

• 2019: respondents aged 65 years and over who experienced discrimination because of their race
• 2019: males and respondents aged 45 to 64 years who experienced discrimination because of their language
• 2019: males and respondents aged 45 to 64 years and 65 years and over who experienced discrimination because of their appearance
• 2019: males who experienced discrimination because of the gender and a disability
• 2019: respondents aged 25 to 44 years who experienced discrimination because of their age
• 2019: females and respondents aged 45 to 64 years who experienced discrimination because of their marital status
  - 2019: and 2022: respondents aged 25 to 44 years and 45 to 64 years who experienced discrimination because of their family status
• 2022: males who experienced discrimination because of their family status
• 2019: persons and females who experienced discrimination because of their sexual orientation
• 2019 and 2022: males who experienced discrimination because of their occupation
• 2019 and 2022: males, females and respondents aged 45 to 64 years who experienced discrimination because of their religion
• 2019 and 2022: males and females who experienced discrimination because of their political position
• 2019: respondents aged 25 to 44 years, 45 to 64 years and 65 years and over who experienced discrimination because of their political position
• 2022: respondents aged 45 to 64 years who experienced discrimination because of their political position
• 2022: persons, males and females who experienced discrimination because of their sexual orientation
• 2022: respondents aged 45 to 64 years who experienced discrimination because of their marital status.

The following estimates have not been published due to small numbers or a relative standard error greater than 50%:

• 2019 and 2022: respondents aged 18 to 24 years who experience discrimination because of their gender and their age
• 2019: respondents aged 18 to 24 years who experienced discrimination because of their appearance, their disability and their political position
• 2019: males, respondents aged 18 to 24 years and 65 years and over who experienced discrimination because of their family status
• 2019: males, respondents aged 18 to 24 years, 25 to 44 years, 45 to 64 years and 65 years and over who experienced discrimination because of their sexual orientation
• 2019 and 2022: respondents aged 18 to 24 and 65 years and over who experienced discrimination because of their skin colour, their language and their occupation
• 2019 and 2022: males, respondents aged 18 to 24 years, respondents aged 25 to 44 years and respondents aged 65 years and over who experienced discrimination because of their marital status
• 2019 and 2022: respondents aged 18 to 24, 25 to 44 years and 65 years and over who experienced discrimination because of their religion
• 2022: respondents aged 18 to 24 and 65 years and over who experienced discrimination because of their race, their appearance, their disability and their family status
• 2022: respondents aged 18 to 24 years, 25 to 44 years, 45 to 64 years and 65 years and over who experienced discrimination because of their sexual orientation
• 2022: respondents aged 25 to 44 years and 65 years and over who experienced discrimination because of their political position.

Statistically significant differences are difficult to detect for smaller jurisdictions such as the Australian Capital Territory. Sometimes, even large apparent differences may not be statistically significant. This is particularly the case in breakdowns of small populations because the small sample size means that there is not enough power to identify even large differences as statistically significant.

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Reason for discrimination, adults aged 18 years and over, ACT General Health Survey, 2019-2022

Data

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Codes and sources

Q. Thinking about your most recent experience of discrimination in Australia, do you think it was because of any of the following?

• Your skin colour
• Your nationality, race or ethnic group
• The language you speak
• The way you dress or your appearance
• Your gender
• You age
• A disability or health condition
• Your marital status
• Your family status
• Your sexual orientation
• Your occupation
• Your religious beliefs
• Your political position
• Other
• Don't know
• Refused.

Don't know and refused responses were excluded from analysis.

A copy of the ACT General Health Survey questionnaires can be found in Data collections.