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Table 2 Frequency and types of SH/SA behaviors experienced

From: Sexual harassment from patient to medical student: a cross-sectional survey

  

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)

  1. Abbreviations: SH Sexual harassment, SA Sexual assault, OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval
  2. aFive respondents who did not identify as male or female excluded from this analysis
  3. bOdds ratio, females compared to males