A recent study, conducted by the Institute for Public Affairs shows that age discrimination is a serious problem in Slovakia. The research was done on a sample of 1,212 people and focused on Slovaks’ perceptions of ageism in society. The survey showed that people’s sensitivity to the problem increases with the age and marginally showed that women has more negative views than men.

Respondents were asked to assess the seriousness of age discrimination on a scale from 1 to 10 and almost a third of the population has first had experience or witnessed incidents of age discrimination.

6.6 points was the average answer that reflected the public’s opinion that age discrimination is a serious problem in Slovakia. In a similar survey back in 2011, the average rating was 6.4.With 29% of adult respondents saying they have directly experienced or witnessed the discrimination.

However, the younger respondents did say that they usually don’t personally experience age discrimination and more often witness the incidents. Although 14% of people over 55 said they had experienced it themselves.

Read more about age discrimination in Slovakia in our international pages.