Perceived Discrimination

Short Description: The module measures perceived discrimination on different grounds and in various areas of life. The data allow for investigating how discrimination is related to demographic and socioeconomic variables as well as indicators such as health or life satisfaction. Subsequent waves would also enable to test if changes in the respondents’ lives affect self-reports of discrimination.

Methodological Details: Participants were asked whether they had been the target of discrimination in Germany within the past 24 months and if so, what kind of discrimination it was (11 options were given for the kind of discrimination, e.g., “because of my sexual orientation”). Furthermore, they were asked how frequently they experienced discrimination within the past 24 months in certain social settings, for example, “in professional life, e.g., while job hunting” and “in health and care related areas such as hospitals”.

Available Papers:

Antidiskriminierungsstelle des Bundes (Hrsg.). 2019. Gleiche Rechte, gleiche Chancen - Jahresbericht 2018 der Antidiskriminierungsstelle des Bundes . Berlin: Antidiskriminierungsstelle des Bundes.

Antidiskriminierungsstelle des Bundes (Hrsg.). 2018. Erhebung von subjektiven Diskriminierungserfahrungen: Erste Ergebnisse von Testfragen in der SOEP Innovations-Stichprobe 2016 . Berlin: Antidiskriminierungsstelle des Bundes

Contact	Year	Respondents	Dataset	Variables	Availability	Field	Method
Rainer Stocker, Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency Germany [E-Mail]	2016	~2500	inno	iwd0111, iwd0107, iwd0108, iwd0303, iwd0307, iwd0309, iwd0304, iwd0106, iwd0306, iwd0105, iwd0101, iwd0310, iwd0104, iwd0102, iwd0302, im_wd, iwd0110, iwd0308, iwd0301, iwd0109, iwd0305, iwd0103	04/2019	Sociology	Survey items