The Changing Faces of Prejudice 

You don’t get to choose your neighbours or in-laws but if you could, who might they be and, more to the point who would be excluded? The Equality Commission has launched new research which shows a notable rise in Northern Ireland of negative views towards a range of people as neighbours, work colleagues and family members.

• Nearly half of people questioned (51%) would mind a little or a lot having a Traveller as a neighbour, ten percentage points more than in 2005.
• More than one in five people (23%) say they would mind a gay, lesbian or bisexual person living next door, compared to 14% three years ago.
• The same number (23%) say they would have the same problem with a migrant worker.
• Almost one-in-six of those surveyed (16%) said they would not want a person with mental ill-health as a neighbour. In comparison, 6% felt the same about those with a physical disability.
• Having a neighbour of a different religion was a difficulty for only 6% of respondents.

Click on the links below to access the report and further information.

Equality Commission Summary

Equality Commission Full Report

What we said
Press statements, speeches and articles.

Presentation and Fact Sheets
More details on our key findings.

• Factsheet 1 - Awareness of Anti-Discrimination Laws 
• Factsheet 2 - Social Attitudes and Perceptions
• Factsheet 3 - Personal Experiences of Discrimination and Harassment
• Factsheet 4 - Equality Commission: Awareness and Public Confidence
• Is this acceptable prejudice? (A2 Poster, 1.23mb, 1 page)
• The changing face of prejudice in Northern Ireland (1.3mb, 4 page poster)
• Equality Awareness Survey - presentation handout - (246kb, 6pages)