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"This article compares how survey mode, survey thematic context and sample design contribute to variation in responses to similar questions on self-perceived racial discrimination across the 2013, 2014, 2019 and 2020 cycles of the General Social Survey (GSS). Among individuals who were aged 15 to 74 years and designated as a visible minority, the shares who reported discrimination because of their race and colour in the previous five years were 31%, 13%, 22% and 38% in 2013, 2014, 2019 and 2020, respectively. The analysis shows that this variation across GSS cycles was primarily attributable to differences in survey mode and survey context"--Abstract, page 5.