Survey: 49 percent of Czechs would not want Muslims as neighbors

Almost half of Czechs would not want a Muslim neighbour, according to the results of a CVVM survey announced on Thursday. However, drug addicts, alcoholics, and people with criminal histories were the least popular category of neighbour, with 89 percent, 69 percent, and 64 percent of people respectively saying they wouldn't want such people living next to them.

Some 37 percent of respondents said they would not want mentally ill people as neighbours, while people with a different skin colour and foreigners living in the Czech Republic would be unwelcome for 15 and 14 percent of respondents respectively. Gay people and smokers received a similar level of intolerance, at 11 and 10 percent.

The Public Opinion Research Centre (CVVM) runs this survey every year, and says that although levels of prejudice remained relatively stable between 2003 and 2020, the numbers for most of the monitored groups decreased this year by ten percentage points or more. This year, 861 respondents over the age of 15 took part in the survey.