A report showing which countries are the most and least racial was shown in various papers recently. But there were a few problems with the original reporting, and some annoyed countries.
The original report stated that according to the World Values Survey:
- 71.7 percent of Bangladeshis had said that they would not want a neighbor of a different race.
- 71.8 percent of Hong Kongers had said that they would not want a neighbor of a different race.
However, this had to be changed after some people checked the original data and found that it had been misread, and the actual figures were:
- 28.3 percent of Bangladeshis had said that they would not want a neighbor of a different race.
- 26.8 percent of Hong Kongers had said that they would not want a neighbor of a different race.
Quite a turnaround…
What were the actual questions asked though? What were the options ?
A translation of one of the questions is:
“26. For people with these background, which do you find unacceptable to be your neighbor?”
a – with criminal record
b – different race
c – heavy drinker
d – emotionally unstable
Answer: (1) acceptable (2) unacceptable
More answers include:
- 48.9% of Jordanians would NOT LIKE People who speak a different language as neighbours (UK=6.3%)
- 86.6% of Jordanians would NOT LIKE Unmarried couples living together as neighbours (UK=2.3%)
- 96.7% of Jordanians would NOT LIKE Heavy drinkers as neighbours (UK=67.8%)
- 51.2% of Jordanians would NOT LIKE people of a different religion as neighbours (UK=2.1%)
- 97.0% of Jordanians would NOT LIKE homosexuals as neighbours (UK=18.8%)
- 67.6% of Jordanians would NOT LIKE immigrants/foreign workers as neighbours (UK=15.9%)
- 96.8% of Jordanians would NOT LIKE people who had AIDS as neighbours (UK=13.6%)
- 52.5% of Jordanians would NOT LIKE people of a different race as neighbours (UK=5.4%)
- 98.7% of South Koreans would NOT LIKE Drug addicts as neighbours (UK= 94.4%)
I have NOT selected any ONE country, I just picked the country with the highest figure for each topic from the table at: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/multiculturalism/diversity-yes-in-my-backyard/article1736042.
I did exclude Hong Kong, as their figures for that are still wrong.
Sources:
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/…/a-fascinating-map-of-the-worlds-most-and-least-racially-tolerant-countries/
- http://www.wvsevsdb.com/wvs/WVSDocumentation.jsp?Idioma=I
- http://www.theglobeandmail.com/…/diversity-yes-in-my-backyard/article1736042
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