Insee Première ·
July 2022 · n° 1911
Over 10 years, increase in perceived discrimination, especially for women and for
sexist reasons.
In 2019-2020, 18% of individuals aged 18 to 49 reported having experienced « unequal treatments or discriminations », while they were 14% to do so in 2008-2009. This increase in reported experiences of discrimination is mainly driven by women. For them, gender has become the main ground of perceived discrimination, exceeding the ground of origins, nationality and skin color. For men, the increase is explained by the differential growth of profiles exposed to discrimination in the male population, for example immigrants and second generations. A shift from origins and color to religion is observed among Muslims since 2008-2009. All things being equal, men and women with migrant origins or from overseas French territories are the most likely to report experiences of discrimination.
Despite a growing awareness over the past ten years, few individuals take action after experiencing discrimination.
Warning: The results initially published in this Insee Première on July 5th, 2022 were updated
on February 23th, 2023, following a correction of the survey weights of the Trajectoires
et Origines 2 survey (see Documents de travail 2022-02 for more information).
This correction of survey weights led to slight changes in the statistics presented
in this publication, without changing its main conclusions.
The category previously named as "Afrique subsaharienne" has been renamed as "Autres
pays d’Afrique", in order to better reflect the countries included in this category.