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. 2022 Nov 30;22:824. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03914-6

Table 2.

Frequency and types of SH/SA behaviors experienced

Sexa
All
(N = 268)
Female
(N = 183)
Male
(N = 80)
OR (CI)b
N (%) N (%) N (%)
Ever experienced SH 149 (55.6) 121 (66.1) 25 (31.3) 4.28 (2.45,7.48)
Experienced any of these behaviors:
 Comments on your appearance 142 (53.0) 116 (63.4) 23 (28.8) 4.29 (2.43,7.59)
 Asked about marital or relationship status 95 (35.4) 78 (42.6) 17 (21.3) 2.75 (1.49,5.07)
 Asked on a date 24 (9.0) 21 (11.5) 3 (3.8) 3.33 (0.96,11.49)
 Told jokes or stories of a sexual nature 98 (36.6) 82 (44.8) 14 (17.5) 3.83 (2.01,7.30)
 Other 32 (11.9) 22 (12.0) 9 (11.3) 1.08 (0.47,2.46)
 Any of the above 148 (55.2) 120 (65.6) 25 (31.3) 4.19 (2.41,7.45)
Experienced any of these unwanted behaviors:
 Intentional exposure to genitals 22 (8.2) 18 (9.8) 4 (5.0) 2.07 (0.68,6.33)
 Exposure to pornography or sexual content 4 (1.5) 3 (1.6) 1 (1.3) 1.32 (0.13,12.85)
 Intentional touching of your genitals, groin, breasts 14 (5.2) 9 (4.9) 5 (6.3) 0.78 (0.25,2.39)
 Other 14 (5.2) 8 (4.4) 5 (6.3) 0.69 (0.22,2.16)
 Any of the above 42 (15.7) 30 (16.4) 11 (13.8) 1.22 (0.60,2.70)

Abbreviations: SH Sexual harassment, SA Sexual assault, OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval

aFive respondents who did not identify as male or female excluded from this analysis

bOdds ratio, females compared to males