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Racial prejudice in the UK from 1983 to 2013

Would you describe yourself as very prejudiced/a little prejudiced against people of other races?

The data displays the result of a question from the British Social Attitudes survey which asked 'would you describe yourself as very prejudiced/a little prejudiced against people of other races?' Over this thirty year period there was a net decrease in the share of respondents saying that they were, at least to some extent, prejudiced when it came to people of other races. The peak in this prejudice did, however, occur as recently as 2011 and when measured from the year 2000 the trend is actually one of increase.

'83 35 64
'84 37 62
'85 34 65
'86 36 63
'87 38 60
'89 36 63
'90 36 63
'92 31 68
'94 36 63
'96 29 70
'98 26 73
'99 28 71
'00 25 73
'01 25 73
'02 31 67
'03 30 69
'04 27 70
'05 33 65
'06 30 68
'07 32 66
'08 35 62
'09 33 64
'10 29 69
'11 38 61
'12 26 73
'13 30 68