Društvena udaljenost građana Srbije od nekih ranjivih grupa
Social distance between Serbian citizens and some vulnerable groups

Summary/Abstract: Based on the data for 80 countries from the fourth wave of the World Values Survey, we analyzed the social distance of Serbian citizens towards the selected vulnerable and stigmatized groups considering their attitude towards hypothetical neighbourhood. It has been established that with this respect Serbia belongs to the group of moderately tolerant countries. However, there are significant differences, depending on the group towards which the distance was measured. Serbian respondents are less tolerant than the world average when it comes to the attitude towards the emotionally instable, HIV positive people and LGBT population, while they are more tolerant when it comes to other races, the Roma and former convicts. The distance towards chronic alcoholics and drug users is the same as in the remainder of the world. Still, in both the world and Serbian sample, the highest percentage of rejection refers to the persons who abuse psychoactive substances. In the group of former Yugoslav countries, Serbia and Slovenia are the most tolerant, while the residents of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro are the least tolerant. The differences between 80 countries in respondents’ distance towards all included vulnerable groups are fairly high, even maximum, and depend on numerous factors. It is recommendable that future research enlarges the circle to other representatives of vulnerable groups and other social relations.

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