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. 2017 Nov 8;12(11):e0186471. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186471

Table 1. Demographics of random sample and responders of undergraduates at CU/BC.

Total undergraduate population
(CU and BC)
Randomly selected sample of students Responders—study participants who completed consent Analytic sample—responded to sexual assault questions on survey Cramer’s Va
  n % n % n  % n %
Total 9616 2500 1671 1592
Gender
    Female 5765 60% 1395 56% 956 58% 928 58% 0.030
    Male 3851 40% 1105 44% 678 41% 634 40%
    GNC NA NA NA NA 26 2% 26 2%
Year in school
    Freshman 2080 22% 533 21% 411 25% 396 25% 0.051
    Sophomore 2287 24% 589 24% 404 24% 387 24%
    Junior 2483 26% 667 27% 435 26% 415 26%
    Seniorb 2763 29% 711 28% 409 25% 391 25%
Age
    18–20 5329 55% 1368 55% 911 55% 882 56% 0.041
    21–23 3433 36% 879 35% 620 37% 587 37%
    24–29 854 9% 253 10% 130 8% 120 8%
Race/ethnicity
    White Non-    Hispanic 4159 43% 986 39% 708 44% 678 43% 0.086
    Asian Non-    Hispanic 2583 27% 637 25% 384 24% 359 23%
    Black Non-    Hispanic 1046 11% 274 11% 137 9% 132 8%
    Hispanic 1104 11% 281 11% 246 14% 239 15%
    Other 724 8% 322 13% 154 10% 151 10%
US born
    Yes 7925 82% 2053 82% 1251 76% 1203 76% 0.074
    No 1691 18% 447 18% 394 24% 373 24%
Pell Grant
    Yes 1694 18% 454 18% 362 23% 352 23% 0.057
    No 7922 82% 2046 82% 1225 77% 1190 77%

aCramer’s V is a measure of effect size for the difference between the demographic distributions in the responders (n = 1671) vs the full sample (n = 2500). Cohen (1988) recommends that when Cramer’s V <0.10 this indicates small effects suggesting no practical difference between samples.

b Senior responders included (n = 9) students who self-reported their year in school as fifth or more (undergrad only).