Singapore: inter-racial trust during crises by ethnicity in Singapore 2019

According to a survey on racial and religious harmony in Singapore, 79.2 percent of Chinese respondents stated that they trusted Singaporean Chinese to help them if Singapore faced a national crisis. Most of the respondents trusted their own ethnicities most to help them in times of crisis. Distrust between ethnicities does not bode well for Singapore. Singapore is a multi-ethnic and multi-religious society, with citizens categorized into four main ethnic groups, known as CMIO: Chinese, Malay, Indian, and Others. Those categorized under the "Others" include Eurasians, Caucasians, Arabs, and Filipinos, among others.

Respondents' level of trust in the following ethnicities to help them should a crisis occur in Singapore as of January 2019, by ethnicity of respondent

Characteristic	Chinese respondents	Malay respondents	Indian respondents	Other respondents
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Release date

2019

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Region

Singapore

Survey time period

August 2018 to January 2019

Number of respondents

4,015 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Postal questionnaire

Supplementary notes

The question asked was as follows: "What proportion of people with the following race do you think can be trusted to help you if Singapore faced a national crisis? (All or Mostly All/More than half)"

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