2010 survey of anti-semitism in argentina 20110921

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ATTITUDES TOWARDS JEWSIN ARGENTINA Anti-Defamation League (ADL), New York

Delegation of Argentinean Jewish Associations (DAIA), Buenos Aires

September 2011

Gino Germani Research InstituteSocial Science Department –University of Buenos Aires (UBA)



The general objective was to evaluate

the presence of anti-Semitic attitudesamong the Argentinean population

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METHODOLOGY

A quantitative methodology was used, nationwide, according to the following criteria:

Sample • Type of interviewees: people between 18 and 65 years of age, males and

females, of BC or D socio-economical level.• Geographical Coverage: Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (AMBA), Rosario,

Córdoba, Mendoza, Corrientes-Resistencia, Tucumán and Neuquén.• Type of sample: Probabilistic and stratified by sex and age combined with a

non-probabilistic by sex and age quotas.• Size: 1510 cases.• Sampling error: 2,6%• Statistical significance: 95,5%• Number of cases according to segmentation:

Location Sex AgeAMBA: 764 Women: 787 18 to 29: 532Rosario: 201 Men: 723 30 to 49: 609

Córdoba: 201 50 to 65: 369Mendoza: 110Corrientes-Resistencia: 103Tucumán: 81Neuquén: 50

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The fieldwork was done between October 8 and November 12,

2010.

The interviews were done face to face, individually, with astructured entry instrument and combining two methodologies forthe selection of the interviewees:

1. For the probabilistic sample, we used the home interview bydrawing lots for blocks and choosing homes at random (28% ofthe sample).

2. Since that methodology had better success probabilities inurban areas with predominance of middle/lower and lower

class, the field survey was completed with a coincidentalmethodology applied in places with a higher concentration ofpopulation and maximum geographical dispersion (non-probabilistic sampling, 72% of the sample).

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1. ATTITUDES TOWARDS JEWS

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Jews are more loyal to Israel thanto this country

26%

26%21%

10%

8%

9%Strongly Agree

Partially Agree

Do not Agree orDisagree

Partially Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Don’t Know / No

Answer

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51%

31%

11%

4% 1%2%Strongly Agree

Partially Agree

Do not Agree or Disagree

Partially Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Don’t Know / No Answer

Jews are mainly interested in doing wellin business and earning money

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34%

34%

18%

5% 4%5% Strongly Agree

Partially Agree


Partially Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Don’t Know / No

Answer

Sample: All interviewees

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Jews have too much power in thebusiness world



30 %

35%

18%

6 %4 %

7%

Strongly Agree

Partially Agree


Partially Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Don’t Know / No

Answer


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Jews have too much power in theinternational financial markets



22%

27%27%

8%

7%9%

Strongly Agree

Partially Agree


Partially Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Don’t Know / No

Answer


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Jews talk too much about whathappened to them in the Holocaust



11%

11%

18%

9%

33%

18%

Strongly Agree

Partially Agree

Do not Agree or

Disagree

Partially

Disagree

Strongly

Disagree

Don’t Know / No

Answer

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Jews are to blame for Christ’s death



• At least half of the interviewees agree that theJews -as a group- have the following features:

1.More loyal to Israel than to Argentina (52%)

2.Their main interests are doing well in businessand earning money (82%)

3.Have too much power in the business world(68%)

4.Have too much power in the internationalfinancial markets (65%)

5.Speak too much about what happened to themin the Holocaust (49%)

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This depiction of the Jews indicates a certainstigmatization , defining them as:

•Not very loyal to the country they live in

•

Giving priority to doing good business•With a higher economical power than expectedor desirable (too much power )

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With an ethnocentric discourse centered onthe Holocaust (they speak too much )

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The image of the Jews in time (%)

17%

73 %

6%4%

Better

Same

Worse

Don’t Know / No

Answer

73% of the interviewees answered that their perception about the

Jews has remained the same over time 14



Causes for the violent acts against Jews (%)

66%21%

13%Anti-JewishSentiment

Anti-IsraelSentiment

Don’t Know / No

Answer

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Violent acts against Jews are motivatedmore by anti-Jewish sentiment thannegative attitudes towards Israel.

Causes for the violent acts against Jews

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2. JEWS AND ARGENTINA

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Do you think the Argentineangovernment guarantees the safety of its

Jewish citizens? (%)

18%

23%

29%

30% Yes, Completely

Yes, but it should do more

No, Not at all


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3. JEWS AND THE OUTSIDE

WORLD

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Is your opinion about the Jews influencedby the measures taken by the State of

Israel? (%)

14%

69%

17% Yes

No

Don’t Know / No

Answer

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Jewish Degree of Responsibility for theInternational Economic Crisis (%)

2%

14%

25%

43%

16%

Complete

Partial

Very Little

None


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• 40% of the interviewees consider (with varyingdegrees of responsibility) that the Jews are toblame for the current economic world crisis.

• Although the responsibility for the world crisiscould be attributed to the countries orinternational companies, coinciding with what wehave said, for every 4 out of 10 interviewees the

responsible individual is, in this case, the Jew.

Jewish Degree of Responsibility for theInternational Economic Crisis

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