Next Generation Myanmar > 21 ‘One religion will definitely not be enough to represent the whole country. We have different religion here.’ discrimination ‘very often’ than any other kind of discrimination. One young woman interviewed in this study went as far as to say: ‘for religion, there is no discrimination’ in her area. Survey results, however, challenge this claim. Student, female, Pathein, age 18 ‘For me, I accept the idea of [Burmese] being an identity of Myanmar even though I am Kayin. It is the same as English in the end. But religion is more complex, it is a really bad idea... it is a stereotype to think that Bamar are by definition Buddhist and Kayin are Christians.’ Religious discrimination appeared to affect minority-ethnic youth more than it affected majority-ethnic youth. Among youth surveyed, minority-ethnic respondents were more likely to say they had been discriminated against because of their faith than were majority-ethnic respondents (see Figure 4). They were also twice as likely to say they experienced discrimination against their ethnicity than majority-ethnic respondents. Discrimination Across the country, about one in five (21.2 per cent) of survey respondents said they experienced discrimination based on their religion, at least sometimes (see Figure 3). Respondents were more likely to say they experienced religious FIGURE 3 Nurse, female, Pathein, age 22 Figure 3: Experience with discimation over the past year Level of education Gender Job Family's wealth Religion Language Ethnicity Native place Sexuality Disability 0 5 Very often 10 Often 15 20 25 30 Sometimes Figure 4: Experienced discrimation because of religion Ethnic majority Ethnic minority 0 5 Very often 10 Often 15 Sometimes 20 25 30