A quarter of people have experienced discrimination since Covid-19 lockdown began

Prospective students Current students UCL in the media Services for media Tell us your story - A quarter of people in the UK report experiencing some kind of discrimination since lockdown began, find UCL researchers as part of the Covid-19 Social Study. The most common forms of discrimination included being treated with less courtesy or respect than others, others acting as if they were afraid of them and receiving poorer service than others for deliveries or in stores. People from BAME groups and those aged 18-30 (all ethnicities) were most likely to report facing discrimination, at 42% and 40% respectively. Women reported slightly higher levels of discrimination than men, and those in urban areas reported slightly higher levels than those in rural areas. It is the UK's largest study into how adults are feeling about the lockdown, government advice and overall wellbeing and mental health with over 70,000 participants who have been followed across the last 21 weeks. Relationships between neighbours have improved throughout lockdown, with almost a third (29%) of respondents saying they felt their neighbourhood had becomes more supportive and shared values had increased. Similarly, 18% felt that their neighbourhood had become closer and one in 10 that it had become more cohesive.