Welsh Government | Discrimination, Harassment and Victimisation: Results from the Living in Wales Survey 2007

Discrimination, Harassment and Victimisation: Results from the Living in Wales Survey 2007

The latest National Statistics on discrimination, harassment and victimisation produced by the Welsh Assembly Government were released on 25 November 2008 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

Statistics on discrimination, harassment and victimisation include data for Wales for the calendar year 2007.

The Living in Wales survey is the main general source of statistical information about households in Wales. It is a continuous survey of households in Wales which is commissioned by the Welsh Assembly Government. The Data Unit ~ Wales manages it on their behalf.

The key points from the latest release are:

12 per cent of all respondents said they had suffered some form of discrimination, harassment or victimisation in the last 5 years.
Almost a quarter of those respondents gave 'race' as the reason for their form of discrimination, victimisation or harassment.
The percentage of male respondents aged 16 to 29 who suffered some form of discrimination, harassment or victimisation in the last 5 years more than doubled between 2005 and 2007, going from 11 per cent in 2005 to 24 per cent in 2007.
Of those respondents who had experienced some form of discrimination, harassment or victimisation in the last 5 years, 45 per cent had reported it.
Of those respondents who had experienced some form of discrimination, harassment or victimisation in the last 5 years, 70 per cent found it 'very easy' or 'fairly easy' to report the incident.