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Abstract Details

Activity Number: 529
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 3, 2011 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Social Statistics Section
Abstract - #303262
Title: Sexual Behavior: A Multivariate Analysis of Forced Threatened Sex Among College Students
Author(s): Leona L. Ding*+ and Danna Moore
Companies: Social and Economic Sciences Research Center and Washington State University
Address: Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164-4014,
Keywords: sexual behavior ; surveys ; mutivariate analysis ; college students
Abstract:

Sexual violence is a widespread problem among college communities. The purpose of this study is to gather information the pervasiveness and outcomes for students experiencing forced threatened and unthreatening sexual experiences on campus and its outcomes. The source of information for this study was an online survey conducted on a random sample students at the Washington State University. A mixed postal letter invite and web survey protocol obtained over 1,800 students responses. The tentative results indicated that almost a third of female students had experienced unwanted sexual advances and 10% indicated unwanted sexual contact. Most of those experiencing unwanted or threatened sex knew the person involved in the incident. These analyses probe further looking at other personal and environmental characteristics associated with student vulnerability such as living environment and class. Even though the majority (76%) of the students indicated that sexual abuse was a problem between college students today, 85% of them seldom or never discussed sexual assault with their peers and less than 1% filed civil or criminal charges after the incident.


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