• Nordics: awareness of family or friend experiencing racist violence 2016

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This statistic displays the awareness of people of African descent of their family member or friend experiencing physical violence because of their ethnicity within the last 12 months, in selected Nordic countries from 2015 to 2016. According to the results of the survey, 21 percent of people of African descent in Finland were aware of a member of their close network experiencing racial violence. The corresponding figure for people of African descent in Denmark was nine percent.

Has your family member or friend been physically attacked because of their ethnicity?

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Release date

November 2018

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Region

Denmark, Finland, Sweden

Survey time period

2015 to 2016*

Number of respondents

5803 respondents**

Supplementary notes

This question was phrased by the source as follows:
"In the past 12 months, have you heard of anyone in your circle of family or friends being physically attacked because of their ethnic or immigrant background?"

* The survey was conducted in Finland from November 2, 2015 to August 9, 2016; in Denmark from October 24, 2015 to March 14, 2016; and in Sweden November 2, 2015 to March 30, 2016.

**The sample size in Finland was 502 respondents, in Denmark 1,085 respondents, and in Sweden 1,098 respondents.

According to the source, the results of the survey have been weighted.