EU-MIDIS II The Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey Vida Beresneviciute Statistics & Surveys Freedoms & Justice department, FRA 3rd Policy Forum Strength through Diversity (OECD) and Global Education Monitoring Report (UNESCO) 12-13 February 2018, Paris
EU-MIDIS II: Why is this survey needed? A. Collect EU-wide comparable data on immigrants and ethnic minorities for effectively assessing the impact of policy measures: Non-discrimination and equality & other aspects of immigrant integration Roma inclusion Europe 2020 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) B. Assess developments and progress made over time C. Refine survey methodologies for hard-to-reach populations D. Compare with the general population in EU-28 2 2
7 different survey population target groups, 1 3 per MS EU-MIDIS II: Target groups Immigrants and descendants (1 st or 2 nd generation: based on country of birth and country of birth of parents) Turkey (6 EU MS: AT, BE, DE, DK, NL, SE) North Africa (5 EU MS: BE, ES, FR, IT, NL) Sub-Sahara (12 EU MS: AT, DE, DK, FI, FR, IE, IT, LU, MT, PT, SE, UK) Asia / South Asia (4 EU MS: CY, EL, IT, UK) Recent immigrants: born outside EU-28 & immigrated within the last 10 years (2 EU MS: PL, SI) Roma: self-identification (9 EU MS: BG, CZ, EL, ES, HR, HU, PT, RO, SK) Russian minority: self-identification (3 EU MS: EE, LV, LT) 3
EU-MIDIS II: Methodology Survey conducted in all 28 EU MS Face to face interviews with 25,515 respondents providing information on 77,659 individuals in households in 2015-2016 Translation in all official EU languages + Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic, Russian, Somali and Tamazight (Morocco) Combination of sampling & weighting approaches allowed representative samples of the selected target groups in each EU MS See EU-MIDIS II Technical report available online detailed description of the survey design and methodology 4
EU-MIDIS II questionnaire Register contact sheet, screening Household Composition Children work, education Housing & living standard Rights awareness, perceptions & attitudes Discrimination Looking for work Discrimination At work Discrimination Health Discrimination Housing Discrimination Education (children) Discrimination Other services: education, leisure, public transport, bank, administration Discrimination Awareness of other people who experienced discrimination Corruption & experiences with the police (Hate)Crime victimisation Harassment & violence Societal participation Residence & status, citizenship, trust, migration plans Socioeconomic background Interviewer questionnaire = sections include questions that follow a similar format and sequence 5
EU-MIDIS II Results Experiences of discrimination 6
Experiences of discrimination on different grounds o Discrimination: What the survey asked skin colour, ethnic origin or immigrant background, religion or religious beliefs, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, and other in different domains o when looking for work o o o o o at work in education or when in contact with children s school in access to health care in looking for housing when using public or private services (public transport, administrative offices, night club, restaurant, hotel, shop) in past 12 months and in past 5 years Main reasons for discrimination on ethnic or immigrant background physical appearance, first or last name, accent (the way one speaks), the way of dressing (wearing a headscarf/turban), address (reputation of the neighbourhood), citizenship, country of birth Reporting & awareness of rights 7
Discrimination: Key findings 38% felt discriminated against because of their ethnic or immigrant background in the 5 years before the survey 24% felt discriminated against in the past 12 months 12-month discrimination rate varies between 6% and 50% across target groups and MS North Africans 31% Roma 26% Sub-Sharan Africans 24% Discrimination is a recurrent experience: on average, 5 incidents a year Majority of incidents of discrimination are not reported to any body or institution 8
Grounds for discrimination in four domains in past 5 years (in %) Ethnic origin 25 Skin colour Religion 12 12 Age 7 Gender Disability Sexual orientation 1 2 0.2 Other 5 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 9
Discrimination in different areas of everyday life (%, EU-28) Past 12 months Past 5 years Other public/private services Looking for work At work Housing Education Health 3 6 7 9 12 12 16 22 22 23 29 Total 24 38 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 10
Main reasons for discrimination in education (%) When in contact with school authorities as a parent or a guardian My skin colour/my physical appearance 39 My first or last name 28 My accent/the way I speak (the language of the survey country) The way I am dressed (such as wearing a headscarf/turban) The reputation of the neighbourhood where I live (my address) My citizenship 5 9 19 19 My country of birth 11 Other reason (14) 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 11
At work Administrative offices/public service Own education Looking for work Trying to or entering a shop Housing Child's education Public transport Night club/bar/restaurant Using healthcare services 13 12 13 10 12 11 11 8 10 8 9 9 11 5 8 8 7 8 6 10 8 6 8 7 25 18 22 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Domains of daily life where last incident of discrimination based on ethnic or immigrant background was reported, by gender (%) 35 40 45 Women Men Average 12
Discrimination, hate-motivated harassment or victimisation affect social inclusion Belonging Discrimination, hate-motivated harassment & violence 13
EU-MIDIS II Results Educational attainment 14
100 Respondents aged 16 64 years who have attained upper secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary or tertiary education (ISCED 2011 levels 3-8) in any country, compared with the general population (%) 90 80 70 80 80 73 81 80 75 83 75 75 72 79 80 95 85 83 77 60 50 56 59 58 65 49 47 67 62 40 48 42 30 33 20 10 0 40 50 45 66 48 64 76 84 75 75 78 91 35 46 63 66 (11) 11 30 36 64 69 58 66 95 96 68 85 AT DE DK FI FR IE IT LU MT PT SE UK PL SI 11 SSAFR Women Men Total General population (Eurostat 2016) RIMGR 15
100 Respondents aged 16 64 years who have attained upper secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary or tertiary education (ISCED 2011 levels 3-8) in any country, compared with the general population (%) 90 80 70 80 72 80 73 72 79 78 72 75 78 72 76 70 80 60 50 50 53 59 57 64 57 58 67 59 58 60 40 42 43 43 30 20 30 29 10 0 50 50 52 54 40 44 60 57 57 57 80 77 61 66 42 44 81 74 32 28 73 61 54 66 42 22 33 60 59 AT BE DE DK NL SE BE ES FR IT NL CY EL IT UK TUR NOAFR (S)ASIA Women Men Total General population (Eurostat 2016) 16
Paid work rate for respondents aged 20-64 years, by education level and target group (%) 100 90 80 77 80 76 70 60 50 40 46 44 62 43 60 46 64 54 40 61 63 52 67 30 20 10 0 SSAFR TUR NOAFR (S)ASIA RIMGR ROMA RUSMIN Total ISCED levels 0-2 - less than primary, primary and lower secondary education ISCED levels 3-8 - upper secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education 17
EU-MIDIS II: Publications Publications: Roma Selected Findings - December 2016 Muslims Selected Findings - September 2017 Main results - December 2017 Technical Report December 2017 Online visualisation December 2017 FRA data explorer Upcoming Thematic reports Microdata available 18
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