Table 2.

The prevalence of workplace harassment and assault in the Harvard Flight Attendant Health Study (2014–2015), presented overall, by frequency of events, and by perpetrator type.

Survey question	Sample size (total n= 4549)	Percentage (%)
Threatened or experienced verbal abuse at work in the
past year
No	1,603	36.7
Yes	2,769	63.3
1 time	918	21.0
2–3 times	1,251	28.6
4 or more times	600	13.7
Source of threat or verbal abuse, if reporteda
Supervisor or pilot	285	10.3
Co-worker	474	17.1
Passenger	2,482	89.6
Others (e.g., airport employee)	367	13.3
Sexually harassed at work in the past year
No	3,261	73.7
Yes	1,167	26.4
1 time	555	12.5
2–3 times	469	10.6
4 or more times	143	3.2
Source of sexual harassment, if reporteda
Supervisor or pilot	365	31.3
Co-worker	352	30.2
Passenger	802	68.7
Other	186	15.9
Sexually assaulted at work in the past year
No	4,306	97.9
Yes	94	2.1
1 time	73	1.7
2–3 times	14	0.3
4 or more times	7	0.2
Source of sexual assault, if reporteda
Supervisor or pilot	23	24.5
Co-worker	24	25.5
Passenger	46	48.9
Other	21	22.3

^aCategories are not mutually exclusive. There could have been more than one source selected for the verbal abuse, harassment, and sexual assault. Percentages for the source categories are calculated with the total as the number of flight attendants who reported “Yes” to the workplace harassment question.