Table 2.
Type of sexual harassment ever experienceda by university staff & PhD students and students, by gender
| University staff & PhD students (n of missing) |
Women N = 1551 |
Men N = 1161 |
Non-binary N = 24 |
Total N = 2736 |
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Any of the following, hereafter classified as exposure to SH (0b) | 380 | 24.5 | 81 | 7.0 | 8 | 33.3 | 469 | 17.1 |
| Unwelcome comments (25) | 256 | 16.7 | 42 | 3.6 | 6 | 26.1 | 304 | 11.2 |
| Unwelcome suggestive looks or gestures (6) | 231 | 14.9 | 28 | 2.4 | 4 | 16.7 | 263 | 9.6 |
| Unwelcome ‘inadvertent’ brushing or touching (10) | 131 | 8.5 | 21 | 1.8 | 5 | 20.8 | 157 | 5.8 |
| Unwelcome soliciting or pressuring for ‘dates’ (19) | 106 | 6.9 | 14 | 1.2 | 1 | 4.2 | 121 | 4.5 |
| Unwelcome bodily contact such as grabbing or fondling (8) | 80 | 5.2 | 17 | 1.5 | 2 | 8.3 | 99 | 3.6 |
| Unwelcome contact online, for example social media or email (13) | 60 | 3.9 | 18 | 1.6 | 1 | 4.2 | 79 | 2.9 |
| Unwelcome contact by post or telephone (18) | 52 | 3.4 | 18 | 1.6 | 2 | 8.3 | 72 | 2.6 |
| Unwelcome gifts (14) | 38 | 2.5 | 8 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 1.7 |
| Stalking (21) | 28 | 1.8 | 9 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1.4 |
| Attempted or completed rape (16) | 6 | 0.4 | 3 | 0.3 | 1 | 4.2 | 10 | 0.4 |
| Students (n of missing) |
Women N = 6055 |
Men N = 3544 |
Non-binary N = 68 |
Total N = 9667 |
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Any of the following, hereafter classified as exposure to SH (0b) | 1625 | 26.8 | 399 | 11.3 | 20 | 29.4 | 2044 | 21.1 |
| Unwelcome suggestive looks or gestures (15) | 1026 | 17.0 | 167 | 4.7 | 16 | 23.5 | 1209 | 12.5 |
| Unwelcome comments (28) | 896 | 14.8 | 136 | 3.8 | 14 | 20.9 | 1046 | 10.9 |
| Unwelcome ‘inadvertent’ brushing or touching (27) | 790 | 13.1 | 167 | 4.7 | 8 | 11.8 | 965 | 10.0 |
| Unwelcome bodily contact such as grabbing or fondling (13) | 665 | 11.0 | 191 | 5.4 | 6 | 8.8 | 862 | 8.9 |
| Unwelcome soliciting or pressuring for ‘dates’ (13) | 499 | 8.3 | 71 | 2.0 | 10 | 14.7 | 580 | 6.0 |
| Unwelcome contact online, for example social media or email (19) | 400 | 6.6 | 55 | 1.6 | 5 | 7.4 | 460 | 4.8 |
| Unwelcome contact by post or telephone (28) | 130 | 2.2 | 23 | 0.7 | 3 | 4.5 | 156 | 1.6 |
| Attempted or completed rape (18) | 125 | 2.1 | 20 | 0.6 | 4 | 5.9 | 149 | 1.5 |
| Stalking (26) | 104 | 1.7 | 23 | 0.7 | 3 | 4.4 | 130 | 1.3 |
| Unwelcome gifts (27) | 66 | 1.1 | 12 | 0.3 | 1 | 1.5 | 79 | 0.8 |
‘Ever experienced’ Experienced at least once during one’s employment or time as a student at Lund University
aSee Methods for detailed description of wording in the survey
bParticipants who did not affirm or refute any of the ten SH questions were excluded; n = 4 for Staff/PhD students and n = 74 for students