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Measures for ethnic discrimination in Portugal: an explanatory analyse
Maria Cidália Mesquita Figueiredo , Maria José Carrilho > Demographic Studies Review > INE, p. 53 - 71

Summary

It is difficult to measure discrimination based on racial or ethnic origin, colour or nationality in order to cover both the perception of the victims and to select a set of indicators which reflect the level of discrimination. This report intends to combine different sources of information to measure the phenomena and to discuss the main findings. Our first aim is explore the available data to suggest additional forms to collect information and indicators to be used in a near future

key words: ethnic discrimination, legislation, sources of information, immigrants, indicators.


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