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ATTITUDES TOWARDS JEWS IN ARGENTINA
Anti-Defamation League (ADL), New York
Delegation of Argentinean Jewish Associations (DAIA), Buenos Aires
September 2011
Gino Germani Research Institute
Social Science Department –University of Buenos Aires (UBA)
The general objective was to evaluate
the presence of anti-Semitic attitudes
among 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 Age
AMBA: 764 Women: 787 18 to 29: 532
Rosario: 201 Men: 723 30 to 49: 609
Córdoba: 201 50 to 65: 369
Mendoza: 110
Corrientes-Resistencia: 103
Tucumán: 81
Neuquén: 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 a structured entry instrument and combining two methodologies for the selection of the interviewees:
1. For the probabilistic sample, we used the home interview by drawing lots for blocks and choosing homes at random (28% of the sample).
2. Since that methodology had better success probabilities in urban areas with predominance of middle/lower and lower class, the field survey was completed with a coincidental methodology applied in places with a higher concentration of population 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 than
to this country
26%
26%21%
10%
8%
9%Strongly Agree
Partially Agree
Do not Agree or Disagree
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 well
in business and earning money
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34%
34%
18%
5% 4%5% Strongly Agree
Partially Agree
Do not Agree or Disagree
Partially Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Don’t Know / No Answer
Sample: All interviewees
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Jews have too much power in the
business world
30 %
35%
18%
6 %4 %
7%
Strongly Agree
Partially Agree
Do not Agree orDisagree
Partially Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Don’t Know / NoAnswer
Sample: All interviewees
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Jews have too much power in the
international financial markets
22%
27%27%
8%
7%9%
Strongly Agree
Partially Agree
Do not Agree orDisagree
Partially Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Don’t Know / NoAnswer
Sample: All interviewees 10
Jews talk too much about what
happened to them in the Holocaust
11%
11%
18%
9%
33%
18%
Strongly Agree
Partially Agree
Do not Agree orDisagree
PartiallyDisagree
StronglyDisagree
Don’t Know / NoAnswer
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Jews are to blame for Christ’s death
• At least half of the interviewees agree that the Jews -as a group- have the following features:
1.More loyal to Israel than to Argentina (52%)
2.Their main interests are doing well in business and earning money (82%)
3.Have too much power in the business world (68%)
4.Have too much power in the international financial markets (65%)
5.Speak too much about what happened to them in the Holocaust (49%)
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This depiction of the Jews indicates a certain
stigmatization , defining them as:
•Not very loyal to the country they live in
•Giving priority to doing good business
•With a higher economical power than expected
or desirable (too much power)
•With an ethnocentric discourse centered on
the 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-Jewish Sentiment
Anti-Israel Sentiment
Don’t Know / No Answer
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Violent acts against Jews are motivated
more by anti-Jewish sentiment than
negative 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 Argentinean
government guarantees the safety of its
Jewish citizens? (%)
18%
23%
29%
30% Yes, Completely
Yes, but it should do more
No, Not at all
Don’t Know / No Answer
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3. JEWS AND THE OUTSIDE
WORLD
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Is your opinion about the Jews influenced
by 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 the
International Economic Crisis (%)
2%
14%
25%
43%
16%
Complete
Partial
Very Little
None
Don’t Know / No Answer
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• 40% of the interviewees consider (with varying
degrees of responsibility) that the Jews are to
blame for the current economic world crisis.
• Although the responsibility for the world crisis
could be attributed to the countries or
international companies, coinciding with what we
have said, for every 4 out of 10 interviewees the
responsible individual is, in this case, the Jew.
Jewish Degree of Responsibility for the
International Economic Crisis
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