Scottish Household Survey Key Findings

28 Reasons Respondents Believed They Were Harassed Their nationality Their mental ill-health Their sex or gender Their ethnicity Any other health problems or disability 13% 11% 11% 10% 10% In 2019, 6% of adults in Scotland experienced harassment in the past twelve months. Harassment occurs where a person is subjected to unwanted conduct related to a protected characteristic that violates their dignity or creates an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment. The graph to the left shows some of the most common perceived reasons for harassment in 2019, and all of them were experienced by at least 1 in every 10 adult that had been harassed. These reasons included someone’s mental ill-health, their sex or gender, ethnicity and other health problems or disability. The graph shows the proportion of those who had experienced harassment reporting these specific cause. This graph excludes ‘other reason’, 28%. Neighbourhoods and Communities Adults who belonged to a religion other than a Christian denomination experienced significantly higher levels of both discrimination and harassment Help Shape Scotland