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This project is generating robust national and state/territory-level estimates of racism prevalence across time, using data from the current-largest longitudinal cohort of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults, the Mayi Kuwayu Study. The project is designed to contribute to improvements in the breadth and quality of Closing the Gap data, to form a baseline for ongoing monitoring of discrimination and racism experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and to provide quantitative and qualitative data about experiences of racism to support evidence-based policy making.
The project is comprised of three research components:
- Analysing data from the Mayi Kuwayu Study to report on the prevalence of racism at the national and state/territory level;
- Adapting the Mayi Kuwayu Study everyday discrimination measure to capture experiences in interactions with government services; and
- Qualitative analysis of free text responses about racism experiences provided by Mayi Kuwayu Study participants.
These data support accountability for government action towards eliminating racism, and can be used to inform and evaluate future policy responses.
This project was funded by the National Indigenous Australians Agency.
