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Table 5 Proportion of respondents reporting racial discrimination most or all of the time in at least one setting*

From: Patterns and correlates of self-reported racial discrimination among Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults, 2008–09: analysis of national survey data

 

All participants

Those reporting discrimination in this setting

Setting

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

 

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

Any

11.0 (9.1-13.0)

10.5 (8.8-12.3)

10. 8 (9. 4- 12. 2)

39.6 (34.2-45.0)

39.3 (34.4-44.2)

39. 5 ( 35. 5- 43. 5)

Legal

7.2 (5.5-8.9)

3.5 (2.7-4.4)

5 . 3 ( 4 . 3- 6. 3)

51.4 (43.7-59.1)

43.8 (35.7-51.9)

48. 5 ( 42. 3- 54. 6)

Public

2.0 (1.1-2.8)

3.3 (2.1-4.5)

2. 7 ( 1. 8- 3. 6)

16.8 (10.1-23.5)

30.7 (21.8-39.6)

23. 7 ( 17. 1 -30 .3)

Work

2.6 (1.8-3.3)

2.0 (1.3-2.6)

2. 2 ( 1. 8- 2. 7)

27.4 (20.0-34.8)

28.4 (20.4-36.4)

27. 9 ( 22 . 2- 33. 5)

Govt

2.5 (1.3-3.7)

1.9 (1.3-2.5)

2 . 2 ( 1. 5- 2. 9)

44.3 (30.0-58.6)

39.0 (28.6-49.5)

41. 8 (32. 6- 50. 9)

Home

1.0 (0.5-1.4)

1.7 (1.1-2.3)

1 . 3 (0. 9- 1. 7)

21.6 (12.0-31.3)

30.6 (21.8-39.3)

26 .9 ( 19. 8- 33. 9)

Medical

1.4 (0.7-2.1)

1.2 (0.7-1.7)

1. 3 ( 0. 9- 1. 7)

45.2 (30.5-60.0)

25.0 (15.5-34.4)

32. 4 ( 24. 0- 40. 8)

Education

0.8 (0.1-1.3)

1.4 (0.8-2.0)

1 . 1 (0. 7- 1. 5)

27.0 (8.1-45.8)

31.0 (20.2-41.8)

29. 6 ( 20. 2- 39. 0)

Service

0.7 (0.3-1.1)

1.2 (0.8-1.7)

1 . 0 ( 0. 7- 1. 3)

20.8 (8.7-32.9)

28.8 (19.1-38.5)

25. 5 ( 18. 0- 32. 9 )

Recreation

1.1 (0.5-1.7)

0.4 (0.2-0.6)

0 . 7 (0. 4- 1. 0)

28.3 (14.4-42.2)

18.0 (8.5-27.5)

24. 2 ( 15. 2- 33. 2)

  1. * Source: Weighted data from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey 2008–09 confidentialised unit record file (CURF) [11, 12].