Journal article
Exposure to interpersonal racism and avoidance behaviours reported by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with a disability
Jeromey B Temple, Heather Wong, Angeline Ferdinand, Scott Avery, Yin Paradies, Margaret Kelaher
Australian Journal of Social Issues | Wiley-Blackwell | Published : 2020
DOI: 10.1002/ajs4.126
Abstract
Using the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey, this paper examines exposure to interpersonal racism and avoidance reported by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disabilities. We find that in 2014–2015, 32 per cent of people aged 15–64 without a disability experienced racism compared with 42 per cent of those with a disability. Half of those living with an intellectual or psychological disability reported racism, and about 20 per cent of those with any disability avoided settings such as healthcare, education or the general public due to past instances of racism, relative to 11 per cent of those without a disability. After adjusting for confounding fact..
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ARC Centre for Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR).