Table 3.
Percentage distribution of students experiencing different forms of NCS, grouped by sex of the respondent and gender-role attitudes (%)
| Forms of NCS | Male | Female | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Gender-role attitudes Score | Total | Gender-role attitudes Score | |||
| <=2 (n = 164) |
> 2 (n = 266) |
<=2 (n = 438) |
> 2 (n = 231) |
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| Verbal harassment via communication technology | 47.67 | 48.17 | 47.37 | 49.48 | 50.46 | 47.62 |
| Sexually suggestive comments | 20.00 | 15.24 | 22.93* | 33.93# | 32.42 | 36.80 |
| Unwanted touch/frottage | 27.21 | 26.22 | 27.82 | 63.23# | 60.50 | 68.40* |
| Unwanted fondling (n) | 7.67 (33) | 4.27 (7) | 9.77* (26) | 13.90# (93) | 13.01 (57) | 15.58 (36) |
| Attempted rape (n) | 1.40 (6) | 0.61 (1) | 1.88 (5) | 8.07# (54) | 6.62 (29) | 10.82 (25) |
| Completed forced sex (n) | 1.86 (8) | 1.22 (2) | 2.26 (6) | 5.23# (35) | 3.42 (15) | 8.66* (20) |
#significant at p < 0.01compared between gender
*significant at p < 0.05compared between two groups holding different gender-role attitudes within boys or girls