Report on the AAU Campus Climate Survey on Sexual

Assault and Sexual Misconduct

Texas A&M University

Authors
David Cantor, Westat
Bonnie Fisher, University of Cincinnati
Susan Chibnall, Westat
Carol Bruce, Westat

Reanne Townsend, Westat

Gail Thomas, Westat
Hyunshik Lee, Westat

September 21, 2015

Prepared for:
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
(City, State)

Prepared by:
Westat
An Employee-Owned Research Corporation
1600 Research Boulevard
Rockville, Maryland 20850-3129
(301) 251-1500

TableofContents
Section
1

Page
Introduction.........................................................................................1

Methodology........................................................................................1

InstrumentDevelopment........................................................1
2.1
2.2
SurveyContent.........................................................................2
2.3
SampleandIncentives.............................................................2
2.4
SurveyProcedures...................................................................3
2.5
ResponseRates........................................................................3
2.6
BriefDescriptionoftheSamplingProcedureforTexas
A&MUniversity........................................................................4
2.7 BriefDescriptionoftheWeightingProcedureforTexas
A&MUniversity........................................................................7

Appendixes

SurveyResults......................................................................................9

3.1
CampusClimatearoundSexualAssaultandSexual
Misconduct..............................................................................9
3.2
ResourcesRelatedtoSexualAssaultandSexual
Misconduct............................................................................10
3.3
FrequencyandNatureofVictimizationbyPhysical
ForceorIncapacitation..........................................................13
3.4
FrequencyandNatureofVictimizationDuetoCoercion
orAbsenceofAffirmativeConsent........................................13
3.5
FrequencyandNatureofSexualHarassment,Intimate
PartnerViolence,andStalking...............................................23

InstrumentDevelopment..................................................................28
HumanSubjectsProtectionsandSafeguards..................................107
ResultsbyIndividualStatusCode....................................................119
NonresponseBiasAnalysis.............................................................122

EmailInvitationsandReminders.....................................................131

1.Introduction
Thisreportdescribestheresultsofthe2015CampusClimateSurveyonSexualAssault
andSexualMisconductadministeredatTexasA&MUniversity.Theprojectwasdesignedto
addresstheconcernsrelatedtotheincidenceandprevalenceofsexualassaultandsexual
misconductatTexasA&MUniversity.Therewerethreeoverallgoalsofthesurvey.Onewasto
estimatetheincidenceandprevalenceofdifferentformsofnonconsensualsexualcontact,
harassment,stalking,andintimatepartnerviolence.Thesecondgoalwastocollectinformation
onstudentviewsrelatedtotheclimatesurroundingsexualassaultandmisconduct.Thethird
goalwastoassessstudentknowledgeandevaluationofschoolresourcesandprocedureswhen
respondingtoinstancesofsexualassaultandsexualmisconduct.Addressingeachofthese
goalswillhelpTexasA&MUniversitycreateasaferandmoreacceptingcampusenvironment.
TexasA&MUniversityparticipatedaspartofaconsortiumof27collegesand
universitiesorganizedbytheAmericanAssociationforUniversities(AAU).Theresearchfirm
Westatledthedesigneffort,carriedoutthesurvey,andconductedtheanalysispresentedin
thisreport.Thecontentandmethodologyofthesurveywasdevelopedinconsultationwitha
committeeofuniversityrepresentativesfromtheparticipatingschools.
Thisreportincludesadescriptionofthesurveydesignandmethodologyusedto
conductthesurvey,aswellasempiricalresults.Forthisreportwehaveincludeddescriptive
informationforselectedtables.

2.Methodology
2.1 InstrumentDevelopment
InearlyNovember2014,theAAUSurveyDesignTeamwasformedandstartedonthe
surveydevelopmentprocess.(ForalistofDesignTeammembers,seeTableA1,Appendix1.)
Theteammetweekly,sometimestwiceaweek,toreviewprogressanddiscusssectionsofthe
questionnaire.Throughoutthesurveydesignprocess,theteamreceivedmorethan700
commentsaboutthesurveyforconsideration,includingthosefromtheSurveyDesignTeam
andstudycoordinators.Disagreementswereresolvedbyconsensus.Inaddition,college
studentsprovidedfeedbackontheinstrumentbyparticipatingin:(1)tworoundsofcognitive
testingconductedatWestat;and(2)pilotadministrationgroupsconductedatfour
participatinginstitutionsofhighereducation(IHEs).

2.2 SurveyContent
Thesurveystructureiscomprisedoftensections(AJ)andconcludeswithafinal
debriefingquestionaboutthesurveyexperience.Acoresetof53questionswasaskedofevery
respondent,includingBackground(A),PerceptionsofRisk(B),Resources(C),Harassment(D),
Stalking(E),SexualViolence(G),SexualMisconductPreventionTraining(H),Perceptionsof
ResponsestoReporting(I),andBystanderBehavior(J).QuestionsregardingSexualMisconduct
PreventionTraining(H)wereaskedofstudentswhohadenrolledintheuniversityin2014or
2015.
Respondentsinapartneredrelationshiporwhohadbeeninapartneredrelationship
sinceenrollingattheuniversitywereaskedquestionsaboutIntimatePartner
Violence/DomesticViolence(F).Additionalquestionswereadministeredifrespondents
reportedbeingvictimized.ForHarassment,Stalking,andIntimatePartnerViolence/Domestic
Violence(sectionsD,EandF),followupquestionswereaskedforeachtypeofmisconduct.
Thesefollowupquestionscollectedinformationacrossallreportedincidentsforeachformof
victimization.Forexample,ifsomeonewasavictimofIntimatePartnerViolencebytwo
differentpartners,thefollowupquestionsaskedforinformationacrossbothpartners.For
SexualViolence(sectionG),followupquestions,includingaDetailedIncidentForm(DIF),were
askedfortheitemscoveringsexualassault(G1G5),coercion(G6,G7)andlackofaffirmative
consent(G8,G9).(Forthecompleteinstrument,withannotations,seeAppendix1.)
TheCampusClimateSurveyonSexualAssaultandSexualMisconductwasadministered
asawebsurvey.Theuseofmergefieldsthroughouttheinstrumentallowedforfrequent
referencingoftherespondentsuniversitywithinquestionsandframinglanguage,personalizing
thesurveyexperienceforstudents.Further,responseoptionsforfivequestionsincluded
universityspecificresponses:schoolofenrollment(A5),studentorganizations(A16),living
situation(A17),servicesandresources(C1),andresourcesrelatedtosexualassaultandsexual
misconduct(D10,E8,F8,GA16).
Eachpageofthewebsurveyincludedlinkstogeneralandschoolspecificfrequently
askedquestions(FAQs)andresources.(ForFAQsandresources,seeAppendix2.)Allweb
surveypagesalsoincludedtheHelpDesknumbertoassiststudentswhoneededeither
technicalassistanceoradditionalresources.

2.3 SampleandIncentives
TexasA&MUniversityidentified56,244enrolledstudentstoparticipateintheCampus
ClimateSurveyonSexualAssault&SexualMisconduct.
Toencourageparticipation,studentswereeitherenteredintoadrawingoroffereda$5
incentivetocompletethesurvey.Asampleof6,000studentswasrandomlyselectedtoreceive
2

a$5Amazongiftcardincentiveforsubmittingthesurvey.Allremainingstudentswereentered
intoadrawingfora$500cashprizeiftheyclickedonthesurveylinkembeddedintheir
invitationorreminderemail.Studentswerenotrequiredtocompletethesurveyinordertobe
enteredinthedrawing.Studentswerenotifiedoftheireligibilityforeitherthe$5Amazongift
cardorthedrawingintheinvitationandreminderemails.

2.4 SurveyProcedures
TheCampusClimateSurveyonSexualAssaultandSexualMisconductwaslaunchedat
TexasA&MUniversityonApril6,2015andclosedthreeweekslateronApril27,2015.All
enrolledstudentswereofferedtheopportunitytoparticipateinthesurvey.
Emailinvitationstoparticipateinthesurveyweresenttostudentsuniversityemail
addressesthroughaWestatemailaccountonthefirstdayofdatacollection,April6,2015.Each
emailincludedauniquelinktothestudentsonlinesurveyandwassignedbyTexasA&M
UniversityInterimPresidentDr.MarkHussey.Westatsentreminderemails,alsosignedbyDr.
Hussey,onApril14andApril22topromptcompletionofthesurveybeforethedeadline.The
TexasA&MUniversityCampusClimateSurveywasdueonApril27.(Foremailinvitationsand
reminders,seeAppendix5.)

2.5 ResponseRates
Atthecloseofdatacollection,TexasA&MUniversityhadanoverallresponserateof8.7
percent.
Table1.

Responserates

N=56,244
Female
Male
Combined

n
resp %
n
resp
%
n
resp
%
GraduatesorProfessional 6,058
584 9.6 7,632
815 10.7 13,690 1,399 10.2
Undergraduates
20,886 1,927 9.2 21,668 1,588 7.3 42,554 3,515 8.3

26,944 2,511 9.3 29,300 2,403 8.2 56,244 4,914 8.7

Acompletedsurveywasdefinedbytwocriteria:

Forthosewithtiminginformation,didittaketherespondentatleast5minutesto
filloutthequestionnaire?1

Foreveryone,didtherespondentansweratleastonequestionineachofthe
followingsections:sexualharassment(D),stalking(E),andsexualassault/other
misconduct(G)?

Timingdatawasnotavailableforanyonewhodidnotgettotheendofthesurveyandhitthesubmitbutton.

Thefirstcriterionistoexcludethosestudentswhowentthroughthesurveysoquickly
thattheycouldnotpossiblyreadandanswerthequestions.2
Thesecondcriterionbringsinthosecasesthatdidnotpressthesubmitbuttonatthe
endofthesurvey,butdidprovideresponsestomostofthequestionnaire.Weusedthe
victimizationsectionstodefineacompletebecauseoftheimportanceoftheseitemstothe
surveysgoals.3
Theresponseratefortheincentivizedsamplethatis,studentsoffereda$5giftcard
uponcompletionofthesurveywas13.4percent
Table2.

Responseratesbyincentivecondition
Incentivecondition
n
resp
%
$5giftcard
6,000
802 13.4
Drawing
50,244 4,112 08.2

2.6 BriefDescriptionoftheSamplingProcedureforTexasA&M
University
Acensusof56,244studentswasusedtoconductthesurvey.Asampleof6,000students
wasselectedtoreceivethe$5giftcard.Toselectthissample,asystematicsamplingprocedure
wasusedaftersortingtheframebythefollowingvariables:Campus,FullTimeStatus,Online
Status,Gender,Race/Ethnicity,School,EnrollmentStatusin
Undergraduate/Graduate/Professional/NondegreeProgram,YearofStudyforUndergraduate
Students,andYearinProgramforGraduate/ProfessionalStudents.Thevaluesforthese
variablesareshowninTable3.Theremainderofthestudentsintheframewereabletoenter
intoadrawingtowin$500.Thedistributionofeachsortvariableintheframeisshownin
Table3.
Table3.

Framedistributionsofsamplingsortvariables
Variable

Campus
FullTimeStatus
OnlineStatus

Category
Col
For
Fulltime
Parttime
Yes
No

Frequency
55,578
666
46,312
9,932
54,535
1,709

Percent
98.82
1.18
82.34
17.66
96.96
3.04

Whentestingthesurvey,weaskedtesterstogothroughthesurveyasquicklyaspossible(e.g.,skimmingthe
questionsandnotreadingtheintroductionorinstructions).Basedonthesefindings,fiveminuteswaschosenasa
cutoffpoint,belowwhichthesurveywasnotcountedasacomplete.

ThiscriterioncouldnotbeusedforIntimatePartnerViolence(sectionF)becauseoftheskippatternembedded
inthissection(i.e.,studenthadtohavebeeninapartneredrelationshipsinceastudentatschool).

Variable
Gender

Category
Male
Female

Frequency
29,300
26,944

Percent
52.09
47.91

Table3.

Framedistributionsofsamplingsortvariables(continued)

Variable
Race/Ethnicity

School

EnrollmentStatus

YearofStudyfor
UndergraduateStudents

YearinProgramfor
Graduate/Professional
Students

Category
AmericanIndian/AlaskaNative
Asian
Black
Hispanic
NonresidentAlien
PacificIslander
TwoormoreRaces
Unknown
White
Ag
Ar
Bu
De
Dw
Ed
En
Ex
Ge
Li
Ma
Me
Nu
Ph
Pu
Sc
Ve
Undergraduate
Graduate
Professional
Nondegree
Graduate/Professional/Nondegree
UndergraduateFreshman
UndergraduateSophomore
UndergraduateJunior
UndergraduateSenior
Undergraduate/Nondegree
Graduate/ProfessionalYear1
Graduate/ProfessionalYear2
Graduate/ProfessionalYear3
Graduate/ProfessionalYear4
Graduate/ProfessionalYear5
Graduate/ProfessionalYear6+

Frequency
157
3,333
1,773
10,283
4,878
50
1,496
337
33,937
7,443
2,431
515
571
13,061
6,576
84
89
3,855
7,480
5,452
884
279
377
402
4,111
2,634
41,968
10,737
2,763
776
14,276
6,516
9,898
9,880
15,674
42,744
5,742
3,460
1,954
1,211
502
631

Percent
0.28
5.93
3.15
18.28
8.67
0.09
2.66
0.60
60.34
13.23
4.32
0.92
1.02
23.22
11.69
0.15
0.16
6.85
13.30
9.69
1.57
0.50
0.67
0.71
7.31
4.68
74.62
19.09
4.91
1.38
25.38
11.59
17.60
17.57
27.87
76.00
10.21
6.15
3.47
2.15
0.89
1.12

2.7 BriefDescriptionoftheWeightingProcedureforTexasA&M
University
Theinitialstepwastocreateabaseweightforeachrespondent.Acensuswas
conductedatTexasA&MUniversityandabaseweightofonewasassignedtoeachrespondent.
Thebaseweightwasadjustedtoreflectnonresponse.Thisadjustmentconsistedofaraking
procedurethatadjustedthebaseweighttothedemographicdataavailableontheframe
(DemingandStephen,1940;Deville,Srndal,andSautory,1993;CervantesandBrick,2008).
Thevariablesusedintherakingprocedureareasshowninthefollowingtable:
Table4.

Variablesusedintherakingprocedure

Variable
Incentive
Status

Description
Thisisanindicatorvariablewhetherastudent
wasselectedintotheincentivizedprogram,
whichoffered$5Amazongiftcard,ornot
Gender
Twocategorygendervariable(Male/Female).
Theframedataonlyhadtwocategories(male
andfemale),whereasthesurveydatahad8
categories.Tomaketheframeandthesurvey
datacompatible,thesurveyresponsestoanon
male/femalecategorywereimputedtoamale
orfemalecategory.Transgendermale/female
casesarecodedasordinarymale/female.
AgeGroup Studentsagewasgroupedintofourcategories,
1820,2123,2426,and27+.

Yearin
School

Race/
Ethnicity

VariableValue
1:$5Amazongiftcard
0:Notinincentivizedsample
1:Male
2:Female

1:1820
2:2123
3:2426
4:27+
Thisisacombinedvariableofstudentaffiliation 1:Undergraduatefreshman
2:Undergraduatesophomore
(Undergraduate/Graduate/Professional)and
3:Undergraduatejunior
yearofstudyoryearinprogram.The
questionnairehadseparatequestionsonyearof 4:Undergraduatesenior
5:Graduate/Professionalyear1&2
studyforundergraduates(freshman,
6:Graduate/Professionalyear3&4
sophomore,junior,senior)and
st
nd
graduate/professionalstudents(1 ,2 ,,6+). 7:Graduate/Professionalyear5&6+
1:Hispanic
Thisvariablehas5categories,Hispanic,White,
2:White
Black,Otherrace,andNonresidentalien.The
framerace/ethnicitycategoriesaregroupedthis 3:Black
4:Otherrace
way,andthesurveyrace/ethnicityvariables
5:Nonresidentalien
werecodedtoconformtothiscategorization.

Missingvaluesinthedemographicvariablesinthesurveydatawereimputedusinga
hotdeckprocedurethatrandomlyallocatedresponsesinthesameproportionasthose
answeredwithineachimputationclass.Ontheaverage,1.42percentofsurveyrespondents
hadtobeimputedinthisway.

Therakingprocedureadjuststhebaseweightsothatthesumofadjustedweightsofthe
surveyrespondentsforasubgroupisequaltotheframetotalforthatsubgroup.Subgroupsare
definedbyeachvariableusedintherakingprocedure.Algebraically,thiscanbeexpressedas

where istherespondentsamplesize(4,914), isanindicatorvariablehaving1if

respondent belongstosubgroup ,0otherwise, istheadjustedweightforrespondent ,
and istheframecountofsubgroup .
Forexample,theweighttotalforallfemalerespondentstudentsfromthesurveyis
equaltothetotalfemalecount(26,944)intheframe.Thesameistrueforsubgroupsdefined
byeachvariablelistedintheabovetable.
References
Deming,W.E.,andStephen,F.F.(1940).Onaleastsquaresadjustmentofasampledfrequency
table.AnnalsofMathematicalStatistics,14,427444.
Cervantes,I.F.,andBrick,M.(2008).EmpiricalEvaluationofRakingRatioAdjustmentsfor
Nonresponse.ProceedingsoftheSurveyResearchMethodsSectionoftheAmericanStatistical
Association(CDROM).
Deville,J.C.,Srndal,E.E.,andSautory,O.(1993).Generalizedrakingprocedureinsurvey
sampling.JournaloftheAmericanStatisticalAssociation,88,10131020.

3.SurveyResults
Thischapterdescribestheresultsofthesurvey.Theanalyseswereguidedbythe
followingresearchquestions:
1.

Whatisthecampusclimatearoundsexualassaultandsexualmisconduct?

2.

Whatdostudentsknowaboutandthinkofresourcesrelatedtosexualassaultand
sexualmisconduct?

3.

Whatisthefrequencyandnatureofsexualassault?

4.

Whatisthefrequencyandnatureofmisconductbecauseofcoercionandabsence
ofaffirmativeconsent?

5.

Whatisthefrequencyandnatureofsexualharassment,intimatepartnerviolence
andstalking?

Thediscussionandtablesareorganizedbytheseresearchquestions.Thereisdiscussion
forthetablesrelatedtotheattitudinalmeasuresrelatedtocampusclimate(section3.1),
knowledgeofcampusresourcesrelatedtosexualassaultandmisconduct,theprevalenceand
incidenceofnonconsensualsexualcontactbyphysicalforce,incapacitation(section3.3),
coercionandabsenceofaffirmativeconsent(section3.4),harassment,stalkingandintimate
partnerviolence(section3.5).Therearetablesincludedinthechapterthatarenotexplicitly
discussed,describingtheconsequencesofthevictimizationexperiences,therelationship
betweenthevictimandtheoffender,thelocationoftheincident,informationaboutreporting
toanagency/organization.
Mostofthediscussionandtablesarecenteredonratesbygenderandenrollment
status.Forgender,respondentswereaskedtoidentifythemselvesintooneofeight
categories.4Forthisanalysis,respondentswereclassifiedintooneofthreegroups:1)female,2)
male,and3)transgender,genderqueerornonconforming,questioningornotlisted(TGQN).5
CollapsinggroupsintoTGQNhelpstomaintainadequatesampletogenerateestimates.
Enrollmentstatuswasdividedintotwogroups:1)undergraduateand2)graduateand
professional.
PriorsurveyshaveshownthatTGQNandfemaleshavesignificantlyhigherratesof
victimizationthanmales.However,veryfewcampussurveyshaveproducedstatisticallyreliable
estimatesforthosethatidentifyasTGQNbecausetheyconstituteaverysmallpercentageof
thecampuspopulation.FortheAAUsurveyapproximately1percentofthestudentsselecteda

Theseeightcategoriesare:male,female,transgendermale,transgenderfemale,genderqueerornonconforming
gender,questioning,notlistedanddeclinetostate.

Thosewhodeclinedtostatetheirgenderwererandomlyallocatedusingahotdeckimputationproceduretothe
maleorfemalecategories.Approximately.5percentofrespondentsdeclinedtostatetheirgender.

nonmale/femalecategory.Whilethisisasmallpercentage,thelargenumberofresponsesto
theAAUsurveypermitsestimatingratesforthisgroupwithadequatestatisticalprecision6.
Wheninterpretingthetables,pleasenotethefollowing:
1.

Ansindicatesthecellwassuppressedforconfidentialityreasons.

2.

Anynonnumericsymbolindicatestherewasnodataforthatcell.

3.

Comparisonsbetweengenderorenrollmentstatuscategoriesareonlydiscussed
wherethosedifferenceswerestatisticallysignificantatp<0.05.Significancetests
wereconductedusingattestassumingindependentsamples.

3.1 CampusClimatearoundSexualAssaultandSexualMisconduct
Studentsreportedonseveraltopicsonthecampusclimaterelatedtosexualassaultand
sexualmisconduct.Theywereaskedabouttheirexpectationsregardingtheresponsefromthe
universityandpeersiftheyweretoreportasexualassaultorsexualmisconduct;whetherthey
hadeverwitnessedanincidentandwhethertheyintervened;whethertheyperceivesexual
assaultorsexualmisconductasaproblemoncampus;andthelikelihoodthattheywouldbe
victimized.
Responsetoareportofsexualassaultorsexualmisconduct.Studentswereaskedabout
whatmighthappenifsomeoneweretoreportasexualassaultorsexualmisconducttoanofficial
atTexasA&MUniversity(Table1.1).Overall,61.4percentofallstudentsbelievethatitisvery
orextremelylikelythatthevictimwouldbesupportedbyotherstudentsinmakingareport.
Malestudentsaremoreoptimisticthanfemales,with65.4percentofmaleundergraduate
studentsand60.1percentofmalegraduatestudentsindicatingthatitisveryorextremely
likelythatotherstudentswouldsupportthevictiminmakingareport,comparedto61.3
percentoffemaleundergraduatestudentsand48.7percentoffemalegraduatestudents.
Studentswereaskedaboutthelikelihoodthattheallegedperpetratorortheir
associateswouldretaliateagainstthevictiminresponsetoareportofsexualassaultorsexual
misconduct.Overall,18.7percentindicatedthatitisveryorextremelylikelythatretaliation
wouldoccur.Maleundergraduatesarelessinclinedtobelievethatareportwouldresultin
retaliation,with14.0percentofmaleundergraduatestudentsindicatingthatitisverylikelyor
extremelylikelythatthiswouldoccur,comparedto21.6percentoffemaleundergraduate
students.Thesurveycontainedseveralquestionsabouthowcampusofficialswouldreacttoa
reportofsexualassaultorsexualmisconduct.Studentswereaskedwhethercampusofficials

WhiletheratesforTGQNstudentsaregenerallysufficientlylargetogenerateareliablestatisticalestimate,the
ratesbyenrollmentstatusarebasedonrelativelysmallsamplesizes.Thismakesitdifficulttocompareacross
groups.Inordertomakecomparisonswiththisgendergroup,thetextbelowmakesstatementsreferencing
estimatesforTGQNstudentssummingacrossenrollmentstatus(referredtoasOverallinthetext).Thisoverall
estimateisnotshowninthetables.

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wouldtakethereportseriously.Overall,73.4percentsaidthatitisveryorextremelylikelythat
thereportwouldbetakenseriouslybycampusofficials.TGQNstudents,overall,werelesslikely
tosaythatitisveryorextremelylikelythatthereportwouldbetakenseriouslybycampus
officials.
Studentswereaskedifcampusofficialswouldprotectthesafetyofindividualsmaking
thereport.Overall,65.9percentsaidthatitisveryorextremelylikelythattheindividuals
safetywouldbeprotected.Femalesarelessoptimistic,with64.3percentoffemale
undergraduateand56.9percentoffemalegraduatestudentssayingthatitisveryorextremely
likelythattheindividualssafetywouldbeprotected,comparedto70.0percentofmale
undergraduateand66.6percentofmalegraduatestudents.
Studentswereaskediftheybelievethatcampusofficialswouldconductafair
investigationintheeventofareport.Overall,64.2percentindicatedthatitisveryorextremely
likelythatthiswouldoccur.TGQNstudents,overall,werelesslikelytothinkthatthiswould
occur.
Overall,61.2percentofstudentssaiditwasveryorextremelylikelythatcampus
officialswouldtakeactionagainsttheoffender.Femalesarelesslikelythanmalestobelieve
thatcampusofficialswouldtakeactionagainsttheoffender,with57.8percentoffemale
undergraduatestudentsand46.2percentoffemalegraduatestudentssayingthatitisveryor
extremelylikelythatthiswouldoccur,comparedto68.4percentofmaleundergraduateand
62.0percentofmalegraduatestudents.
Lastly,51.9percentsaiditwasveryorextremelylikelythatcampusofficialswouldtake
actiontoaddressfactorsthatmayhaveledtothesexualassaultorsexualmisconducton
campus.Femalegraduatestudentsarelessinclinedtobelievethisthanmalegraduate
students,with44.8percentoffemalegraduatestudentssayingthatitisveryorextremelylikely
thatthiswouldhappen,comparedto53.0percentofmalegraduatestudents.TGQNstudents,
overall,believedthisinnotablylowerproportions.
Bystanderintervention.Studentswereaskedaboutdifferentsituationsrelatedtobeing
abystandertotheoccurrencesexualassaultormisconduct,theextenttowhichthey
intervened,andthereasonfortheirinterventiondecision(Table1.2).Overall,11.0percentof
thestudentssaidtheyhavesuspectedthatafriendmayhavebeensexuallyassaulted.Female
graduatestudentsreportedthisinthehighestproportions(13.6%),followedbyundergraduate
femalesandundergraduatemales(12.5%and10.1%,respectively),andmalegraduatestudents
havingthelowestpercentagewhohadsuspectedthatafriendmayhavebeenthevictimofa
sexualassault(6.8%).Overall,TGQNstudentsreportedthisinnotablyhigherproportions.
Amongthebystanders,68.2percenttooksometypeofaction,withmostspeakingtoa
friendorsomeoneelsetoseekhelp(58.1%).Femalegraduatestudentsweremorelikelyto
speaktoafriendorsomeoneelsetoseekhelpthanmalegraduatestudents(61.5%vs.38.0%).
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Overall,35.2percentofthestudentsreportedtheyhadwitnessedadrunkenperson
headingforasexualencounter.Amongthebystanders,atotalof76.5percentindicatedthat
theydidnothing,with21.1percentsayingtheywerentsurewhattodoand55.4percent
sayingtheydidnothingforanotherreason.Approximately23.5percentofthestudentsdid
takesometypeofaction,About8.3percentofthestudentsdirectlyintervenedtostopthe
incident,5.7percentspoketosomeoneelsetoseekhelpand9.5percentdidsomethingelse.
Femalesmoreoftenthanmalesreportedthattheydidnothingbecausetheywerentsurewhat
todo(24.3%offemaleundergraduateand30.5%offemalegraduatestudentsvs.18.4%of
maleundergraduateand13.0%ofmalegraduatestudents).Femaleundergraduatesmoreoften
reportedthattheyspoketosomeoneelsetoseekhelp(8.0%vs.4.3%maleundergraduates).
Askedwhethertheyhadwitnessedsomeoneactinginasexuallyviolentorharassing
manner,11.7percentindicatedthattheyhadwitnessedsuchanincident.Femalegraduate
studentsreportedthisinthehighestproportions(17.4%),followedby13.5percentoffemale
undergraduatestudentsand9.9percentofmaleundergraduatestudents,withmalegraduate
students(7.5%)reportingthisleastoften.Overall,TGQNstudentsreportedwitnessingthisin
notablyhigherproportions.
Amongthebystanders,atotalof55.7percentindicatedthattheydidnothing,with26.5
percentsayingtheywerentsurewhattodoand29.2percentsayingtheydidnothingfor
anotherreason.Overall,44.2percentofthebystandersdidtakesometypeofaction,with17.8
percentdirectlyinterveningtostoptheincident,12.9percentspeakingtosomeoneelsetoseek
helpand13.5percentdoingsomethingelse.
Opinionsaboutprevalenceandpersonalrisk.Askedhowproblematicsexualassaultor
sexualmisconductisatTexasA&MUniversity,4.6percentreportedthatitisveryorextremely
problematic(Table1.3).Femalesweremorelikelytosaythis,with5.1percentoffemale
undergraduates,7.9percentoffemalegraduatestudents,3.3percentofmaleundergraduates
and4.8percentmalegraduatestudentsreportingthisway.
Arelativelysmallproportionsaidthattheybelievethattheyareveryorextremelylikely
toexperiencesexualassaultorsexualmisconductoffcampus(3.0%).Femalesweremore
worriedthanmales,with5.2percentoffemaleundergraduatesbelievethatitisveryor
extremelylikelythattheywouldexperiencesexualassaultorsexualmisconduct,forexample,
vs.1.0percentofundergraduatemales;and4.7percentofgraduatefemalesvs.1.2percentof
graduatemales.

3.2 ResourcesRelatedtoSexualAssaultandSexualMisconduct
Thissectionpresentsfindingsregardingthestudentsawarenessofservicesand
resourcesofferedbytheuniversityforthoseaffectedbysexualassaultandsexualmisconduct.
Thestudentswerefirstaskediftheywereawareofspecificuniversityresourcesfromalist
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providedbytheuniversity.Studentswerethenaskedfourquestionsabouttheirknowledgeof
howtheuniversitydefinessexualassaultandsexualmisconduct,howtogethelpifthestudent
orafriendexperiencedsexualassaultorsexualmisconduct,wheretomakeareportofsexual
assaultorsexualmisconduct,andwhathappenswhenastudentreportsanincidentofsexual
assaultorsexualmisconduct.Studentswerealsoaskedwhethertheirinitialorientationtothe
universityincludedinformationaboutsexualassaultandsexualmisconductoncampus,andif
so,howhelpfulitwas.
Awarenessofresources.Table2.1presentstheextenttowhichstudentsareawareof
specificresourcesprovidedbytheuniversityforvictimsofsexualassaultorsexualmisconduct.
Thestudentsawarenessoftheseservicesrangedfrom77.2percentto13.5percent.Fornearly
alloftheservicesoffered,undergraduatestudentsaremoreawarethangraduatestudents.
Knowledgeableaboutuniversitysexualassaultpoliciesandprocedures.Overall,21.0%of
studentsatTexasA&MUniversityareveryorextremelyknowledgeableabouthowthe
universitydefinessexualassaultandsexualmisconduct(Table2.1).Asimilarproportion(23.4%)
knowswheretofindhelpattheuniversityiftheyorafriendarevictimsofsexualassaultor
sexualmisconduct,and22.0percentknowwheretomakeareportofsexualassaultorsexual
misconduct.Asmallerpercentage(8.7%)knowswhathappenswhenastudentmakesareport
ofsexualassaultorsexualmisconduct.
Regardingtheuniversitysinitialorientation,57.7percentindicatedthattheyattended
theorientationanditdidincludeinformationaboutsexualassaultandsexualmisconduct.
Additionally,28.2percentdidnotrememberwhethertheorientationincludedthisinformation,
and7.6percentsaidthattheorientationdidnotincludeinformationaboutsexualassaultand
sexualmisconduct.Amongthestudentswhoattendedanorientationthatincludedthis
information,29.5percentfoundtheinformationveryorextremelyuseful.
Comparedtograduatestudents,undergraduatestudentsreportedinhigherproportions
thattheorientationdidincludeinformationonsexualassaultandsexualmisconduct(63.6%
femaleundergraduatesand66.2%ofmaleundergraduatesvs.32.1%femalegraduatestudents

3.3 FrequencyandNatureofVictimizationbyPhysicalForceor
Incapacitation
Studentswereaskedaboutvictimizationduetoawiderangeoftactics.Thissection
summarizestheprevalenceofvictimizationthatwastheresultofphysicalforceor
incapacitationatTexasA&M,aswellasthecharacteristicsofthevictims,thenumberoftimes
thatstudentshavebeenavictimofthistypeofassaultandwhethertheincidentwasreported
toanagencyoranotherindividual.

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Tomeasurevictimizationinvolvingphysicalforceandincapacitation,studentswere
askedfivequestionsthatcoveredtwotypesofbehaviors:7
Penetration:

Whenonepersonputsapenis,finger,orobjectinsidesomeoneelsesvaginaor
anus

Whensomeonesmouthortonguemakescontactwithsomeoneelsesgenitals

SexualTouching:

kissing

touchingsomeonesbreast,chest,crotch,groin,orbuttocks

grabbing,gropingorrubbingagainsttheotherinasexualway,evenifthetouching
isovertheothersclothes

Theestimatesincludeeventsthatwerecompleted,aswellasattemptstophysically
forcethepersontoengageinactsinvolvingpenetration.
Whenastudentreportedanevent,theywereaskedwhichacademicyearitoccurred
andwhetherthiswaspartofanotherassaultthathadalreadybeenreported.Ifitwaspartofa
previouslyreportedvictimization,therespondentwasaskedwhichone.Eventswereonly
countedonce.Ifbothpenetrationandsexualtouchingwerepartofthesameincident,the
penetrationwascounted.Thishierarchyrulewasadoptedtoconformtothecountingrules
establishedbytheFBIandintheClerystatistics.
Prevalence.Prevalenceisestimatedbycountingthenumberofindividualsthathave
beenavictimatleastonceoverthetimeperiodofinterest.Tables3.1athrough3.1dpresent
theprevalenceofnonconsensualpenetrationorsexualtouchingduetophysicalforceor
incapacitationforundergraduatefemales,graduatefemales,undergraduatemales,and
graduatemales.Eachtabledisplaystheprevalenceforthecurrentyearandsinceentering
TexasA&M,aswellasbythedifferentbehaviorsandtactics.Thetacticsarefurther
disaggregatedbywhetherphysicalforce,incapacitationorbothwereinvolvedintheevent.
ThediscussionbelowprimarilyconcentratesonratessincethestudententeredTexas
A&M.Thepatternsforthecurrentyearparalleltheserates,butarelowerbecauseofthe
shortertimeframe.Firstthepatternswithineachofthefourgroupsaredescribed,withfemale
undergraduatesbeingfirst.Thepatternsacrossgroupsarethensummarized.
Amongfemaleundergraduates,14.8percentexperiencedthistypeofassaultsince
enteringTexasA&Mand8.8percentexperiencedthistypeofassaultduringthecurrentschool

SeequestionsG1G5ofthequestionnaire

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year(Table3.1a).Amongfemaleundergraduates7percentwerevictimsofnonconsensual
penetrationinvolvingforceorincapacitationsinceenteringTexasA&M.Breakingthisdown
further,3.3percentwerevictimsofpenetrationwithphysicalforce(noincapacitation)3.7
percentwerevictimsofasexualassaultinvolvingpenetrationbyincapacitation(nophysical
force),and1percentwerevictimsofthistypeofassaultbybothphysicalforceand
incapacitation.
Withrespecttosexualtouching,10.6percentoffemaleundergraduateswerevictims
sinceenteringTexasA&M,and7percentduringthecurrentschoolyear.SinceenteringTexas
A&M,7percentwerevictimsofthistypeofassaultusingphysicalforceonly,4.2percentusing
incapacitationonlyand0.5percentwerevictimsofnonconsensualsexualtouching,withboth
physicalforceandincapacitation.
Oftheincidentsthatinvolvedphysicalforce,2.4%werecompletedand1.9%were
attempted.
Amonggraduatefemales,7.7percentwerevictimsofsexualassaultinvolvingeither
nonconsensualpenetrationorsexualtouchingsinceenteringTexasA&M,and3.3percentin
thecurrentschoolyear(Table3.1b).SinceenteringTexasA&M,2.8percentwerevictimsof
sexualassaultwithpenetration.Withrespecttotacticsfornonconsensualpenetration,1.5
percentwasphysicalforce,and1.2percentwasbyincapacitationonly.SinceenteringTexas
A&M,6.4percentofgraduatefemalestudentswerevictimsofnonconsensualsexualtouching
duetophysicalforceorincapacitation.Physicalforcewasreportedby4.2percentof
respondents,and2.4percentindicatedassaultbyincapacitationonly.
Amongundergraduatemales4percentwerevictimsofeithernonconsensual
penetrationorsexualtouchingsinceenteringTexasA&M,and2.8percentinthecurrentschool
year(Table3.1c).Amongmaleundergraduates,1.9percentwerevictimsofassaultinvolving
penetration,0.8percentbyphysicalforceonlyand1.1percentwerevictimsbyincapacitation
only.
SinceenteringTexasA&M,2.8percentofundergraduatemaleswerevictimsof
nonconsensualsexualtouchingbyforceorincapacitation,and2.1percentinthecurrentschool
year.Examiningthisbytactic,1.8percentwerebyphysicalforceonly,and1.1percentby
incapacitationonly.
Amongmalegraduatestudents,1.4percentvictimsofnonconsensualpenetrationor
sexualtouchingsinceenteringcollege,and0.8percentinthecurrentschoolyear(Table3.1d).
Whenexaminingbybehaviors,0.8percentwerevictimsofpenetrationand0.9percentwere
victimsofsexualtouching.
Therearesignificantdifferencesintheprevalenceratesbygender.Femalesaremuch
morelikelytoreportthistypeofvictimization.Femaleundergraduateshavearatethatis
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approximately4timeshigherthanmaleundergraduates.Similarly,femalegraduatestudents
haveratesthatare6timeshigherthanmalegraduatestudents.Thispatternbygenderisalso
trueforeachofthetypesofbehaviors.
Undergraduatestudentsreporthigherratesthangraduatestudents.Forfemalesthe
rateforundergraduatesisabouttwiceashighasforgraduatestudents.Formales,theratefor
undergraduatesisaboutthreetimesashighasforgraduatestudents.
VictimCharacteristics.Table3.2presentsprevalenceratesbyvictimcharacteristics:
sexualorientation,ethnicity,race,disabilitystatus,maritalstatus,andyearinschool.Thereisa
verylargedifferencebetweenthetwocategoriesofsexualorientation.Overallheterosexuals
havearateof7.6percentandnonheterosexuals17.3percent.Therearesimilardifferences
whencomparingratesbygenderandacrossenrollmentstatus.Studentsthatreportedhavinga
disabilityregisteredwiththeuniversityhadaprevalenceratethatwasmorethantwiceashigh
asthosewithoutadisability(12.3%vs.8.1%).Thispatternisthesameacrossgenderand
enrollmentstatusgroups.
Theratesbyyearinschoolaredisaggregatedbytimeframe(currentyearvs.since
enteringTexasA&M).Theseprovideoneofthefirstprofilesfromsurveydataonhowratesvary
byschoolyear.Inpriorpublications,theinformationbyyearinschoolhasbeenbasedon
reportsmadetotheschoolorthepolice.Forfemaleundergraduates,thehighestratesarefor
freshmanandsophomores.Theratesthendropsignificantlyinthejunioryear.
PatternsforundergraduatessinceenteringTexasA&Mexhibitasteadyincreasebyyear
inschool,aswouldbeexpectedgiventheincreasedtimeperiodwhenvictimizationcouldhave
occurred.Bysenioryear,18.1percentoffemaleundergraduatesreportedexperiencing
nonconsensualpenetrationorsexualtouchingbyforceorincapacitation.
Table3.3providesprevalenceratesbythesamesetofcharacteristicsforfemales
disaggregatedbywhethertheincidentinvolvedpenetrationorsexualtouching.8Theresultsdo
notsignificantlydifferbythetwotypesofbehaviorswithonenotableexception.Ratesof
nonconsensualsexualtouchinginvolvingphysicalforceorincapacitationdiffersignificantlyby
sexualorientationforundergraduates,whereasthedifferencesamongsexualorientationin
penetrationprevalencearenotsignificant.
Numberoftimesassaulted.Tables3.4aand3.4bprovideestimatesofthenumberof
timesstudentshavebeenvictimsofnonconsensualpenetrationorsexualtouchinginvolving
physicalforceorincapacitation.Thissurveyisoneofthefirsttoestimateratesofmultiple
victimizations.Table3.4aprovidesratesbytimeperiodforactsinvolvingpenetrationfor
females.Overall,1.0percentoffemaleswerevictimized2ormoretimesduringthecurrent

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schoolyearand2.7percentreportedbeingvictimized2ormoretimessinceenrollingin
college.
Significantlymoreundergraduatefemalesaremultiplyvictimizedbythistypeof
nonconsensualactthangraduateorprofessionalstudents.Forthecurrentyear,nograduate
andprofessionalstudentsreportedbeingvictimizedtwoormoretimes,while1.3percentof
undergraduatesreportbeingvictimized2ormoretimes.Table3.4bprovidesthenumberof
timesstudentshavebeenvictimsofnonconsensualsexualtouchingduetophysicalforceor
incapacitation.Overall,1.5percentofstudentswerevictimsatleasttwiceduringthecurrent
yearand3percentsinceenrollingatTexasA&M.
Thereissignificantvariationbybothgenderandenrollmentstatus.Forexample,among
undergraduatefemales,2.9percentreported2ormoreincidentsofsexualtouchinginthe
currentyearand5.7percentsinceenrollingincollege.Thiscomparesto1percentand3.1
percentforfemalegraduate/professionalstudents,respectively.Similar,butsmaller,
differencesareevidentformaleswhencomparingacrossenrollmentstatus.Therearealso
differencesbetweengenders.Forexample,sinceenrollingatTexasA&M,maleundergraduate
studentshavelowerratesofmultiplevictimizationsthanfemaleundergraduates(2.9%vs.1%
forcurrentyearand5.7%vs.1.5%).
ReportingandReasonsforNotReporting.Studentsthatsaidtheywerevictimizedwere
askedifhe/shereportedanyoftheincidentstoseveraldifferentagenciesororganizations.
Table3.9aprovidestheestimatesforfemalesreportingnonconsensualactsofpenetrationor
sexualtouchinginvolvingphysicalforceandincapacitation.Penetrativeactsinvolvingphysical
forceweremuchmorelikelytobereportedtoanagencyororganizationwhencomparedto
penetrationbyincapacitation.Amongpenetrativeacts,23percentofthevictimsreportedan
incidentinvolvingphysicalforcewerereported.Thiscomparesto13.6percentforpenetrative
actsinvolvingincapacitation.FewerreportedSexualTouchingincidents,with5.8percentof
thosebyforceand5.6percentbyincapacitation.
Severalfollowupquestionswereaskedonwhytherespondentdidnotreporttoan
agency,aswellaswhetheranyoftheincidentswerereportedtosomeoneelse.Theprimary
reasonwhyincidentswerenotreportedtoanagencyororganizationwasthatitwasnot
consideredseriousenough.Forthepenetrativeactsinvolvingforce,48.2percentdidnotthink
theincidentwasseriousenoughtoreport.Thiscomparesto64.1percentforvictimsof
penetrationduetoincapacitation.
Asignificantpercentageofindividualssaiditwasnotreportedbecausetheydidnot
thinkanythingwouldbedoneaboutit(28.9%)orfeareditwouldnotbekeptconfidential
(32%).Asignificantnumberofvictimssaidshefeltembarrassedorashamed(47.2%).Fewer
victimsofpenetrativeactsinvolvingincapacitationfeltnothingwouldbedoneaboutit(6%)or
feltembarrassed(29.7%).
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Forvictimsofnonconsensualsexualtouchingduetophysicalforce,79.8percentfeltthe
incidentwasnotseriousenoughtoreport,14.3percentfeltembarrassedand24.8percentdid
notthinkanythingcouldbedoneaboutit.Similarpatternsoccurfornonconsensualsexual
touchinginvolvingincapacitation.
Therespondentwasaskediftheyreportedtheincidenttoanotherperson.Thepatterns
ofthistypeofreportingweresimilaracrossbothtypesofbehaviors(penetration,sexual
touching)andtactics(force,incapacitation).Between18to26percentnottellanyoneelseat
alland73to78percentsaidshetoldafriend.Victimsofforcedpenetrationweremorelikelyto
havetoldafamilymember(e.g.29%vs.9.7%incapacitation)
Table3.9bprovidesthereportingpatternsformalevictimsofnonconsensualSexual
Touchinginvolvingphysicalforceorincapacitation.Thestandarderrorsfortheseestimatesare
considerablyhigherbecauseofarelativelysmallproportionofmalesreportingavictimization.
Thepatternsresemblethosedisplayedforfemalesforthiscombinationofbehaviorandtactic.
Onenotabledifferencefromfemalesareotherpersonswithwhommalesmayhavediscussed
theseevents.Approximately38.6percentofmalesdidnotreporttheeventtoanyoneelse,
whichishigherthanfemales.Inaddition,fewermalesdiscussedtheincidentwithafriend.
NOTE:TABLES3.5THROUGH3.8ARENOTDISCUSSED

3.4 FrequencyandNatureofVictimizationDuetoCoercionor
AbsenceofAffirmativeConsent
Thissectionsummarizestheprevalenceofnonconsensualsexualcontactthatwasthe
resultofcoercionortheabsenceofaffirmativeconsentatTexasA&MUniversity.Thissection
alsoprovidesthecharacteristicsofthevictimsandthenumberoftimesthatstudentshave
beenavictimofthistypeofcontact.
Forpurposesofthesurvey,coercionisdefinedasnonconsensualcontactthatinvolve
threatsofseriousnonphysicalharmorpromiseofrewards(e.g.,threateningtogiveyoubad
gradesorcauseproblemsforyou,promiseofgoodgradesorapromotionatwork).9
Thesurveyalsoincludeditemsaskingaboutnonconsensualcontactwheretherewasan
absenceofaffirmativeconsent(AAC).Theseitemsweredevelopedtocaptureemerging
universityregulationswhichmakeitaviolationifbothpartnersinasexualencounterdonot
explicitlyconsent.Todevelopthequestions,policiesfromAAUandCOFHEschoolson
affirmativeconsentpolicieswerereviewed.

SectionGofthequestionnairehadtwoquestionsaskingabouttheuseofthistacticinvolving
penetrationandsexualtouching(questionsG6andG7).

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Thequestiononaffirmativeconsentwasintroducedwiththefollowingdefinition:
Sinceyouhavebeenastudentat[University],hassomeonehadcontactwithyouinvolvingpenetration
ororalsexwithoutyouractive,ongoingvoluntaryagreement?Examplesincludesomeone:

initiatingsexualactivitydespiteyourrefusal

ignoringyourcuestostoporslowdown

wentaheadwithoutcheckinginorwhileyouwerestilldeciding

otherwisefailedtoobtainyourconsent

RespondentswereaskedaboutAACthatinvolvedpenetrationandsexualtouching.10
EachtimeaninstanceofcoercionorAACwasreportedbyarespondent,followup
questionswereadministeredthataskedaboutwhichyearitoccurredandwhetherthiswas
partofanotherincidentthatalreadybeenreportedduringthesurvey.Ifarespondentreported
thataninstanceofcoercionwaspartofapreviouslyreportedincidentinvolvingphysicalforce
orincapacitation,theeventwasnotcountedinthecoercionprevalencerate.Ifarespondent
reportedaninstanceofAACwaspartofapreviouslyreportedincidentinvolvingphysicalforce,
incapacitationorcoercion,theeventwasnotcountedintheAACprevalencerate.
Prevalence.Table4.1presentstheprevalenceofnonconsensualcontactduetocoercion
orAACforthecurrentyearandsinceenteringTexasA&Mbythedifferentbehaviorsand
tactics.ThediscussionbelowprimarilyconcentratesonratessincethestudententeredTexas
A&M.Thepatternsforthecurrentyearparalleltheserates,butarelowerbecauseofthe
shortertimeframe.
SinceenteringTexasA&M,nonconsensualcontactinvolvingcoercionwasreportedby
welllessthan1percentofthestudents(.1%).Nominally,femalesaremorelikelytoreportthis
typeoftacticthanmales,butitisnotstatisticallysignificant.Similarly,undergraduatesare
morelikelytoreportthisthangraduateandprofessionalstudents,butthedifferenceisnot
significant.Theverylowratemakesitdifficulttopreciselyestimatethisforthesesubgroups.
ThepercentofstudentsreportingAACasatacticismuchhigherthancoercion,with2.9
percentofthestudentsreportingthistypeofincidentsinceenteringTexasA&M.Morethan
halfoftheseincidentsinvolvesexualtouching(2.1%)comparedtopenetration(1.2%).Thereis
significantvariationbygender.Amuchhigherpercentageoffemalesreportedthisthanmales
(e.g.5.0%femaleundergraduatescomparedto1.4%maleundergraduates).Forfemales,there
isalsoadifferencebetweenundergraduates(5.0%)andgraduatestudents(2.8%).

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SeequestionsG8andG9

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Numberoftimesassaulted.Table4.2containsestimatesforthenumberoftimesthat
studentswerevictimizedduetocoercionorAAC.Asnotedabove,victimizationduetocoercion
wasveryrare.Consequentlyitisdifficulttonoteanysignificantmultiplevictimizationpatterns
forthistypeoftactic.ContactinvolvingAACismoreprevalentanddoesexhibitsignificant
percentageswhoarevictimizedmorethanonce.Forvictimsofsexualtouching,almostasmany
individualswerevictimizedonce(1.4%)sinceenteringTexasA&Mwhencomparedtobeing
victimizedtwoormoretimes(0.8%).ThepatternissimilarforfemaleswheretheratesofAAC
arealmostasmanyfemalesweremultiplyvictimizedbysexualtouching(1.3%)aswere
victimizedasingletime(2.3%).Forfemales,thispatternisalsoapparent,althoughtoalesser
degree,forcontactinvolvingpenetration(0.9%vs.1.5%).
VictimCharacteristics.Table4.3presentsprevalenceratesforAACbyvictim
characteristics:sexualorientation,ethnicity,race,disabilitystatus,maritalstatus,andyearin
school.11Theratesformalesareverylowanddisaggregatingbythesecharacteristicsstretches
thesamplesize.Perhapsasaconsequence,thereareveryfewsignificantdifferencesformales.
Thediscussionbelowprimarilyconcentratesonfemales.
Forfemales,thereisaverylargedifferenceinprevalenceratesbetweenthetwo
categoriesofsexualorientation.Forfemaleundergraduates,nonheterosexualshavearateof
12.4percentandheterosexualsarateof4.6percent.Thereisasimilarpatternforfemale
graduateandprofessionalstudentsbutnotsignificant(3.2%vs.2.7%).
Forallstudents,notjustfemales,thosethatreportedhavingadisabilityregisteredwith
theuniversityhadaprevalenceratethatwasaboutthesameasthosewithoutadisability
(3.0%vs.2.9%).Thispatternvariesacrossgenderandenrollmentstatuscategories.For
example,forfemaleundergraduate,nondisabledstudentsreportedahigherprevalencerate
thandisabledstudents,however,forfemalegraduate,disabledstudentsreportedahigher
prevalenceratethannondisabledstudents.
Theratesbyyearinschoolaredisaggregatedbytimeframe(currentyearvs.since
enteringTexasA&M).Unlikethepatternsforvictimizationsinvolvingphysicalforceand
incapacitation,thereisverylittlechangeinthecurrentyearriskofAACvictimizationbyyearof
undergraduateenrollment.Theratesareverysimilarbetweenfreshmanandsenioryear.The
patternisalsoverysimilarbyyearinschoolforgraduateandprofessionalstudents.
Patternsforundergraduatesinthecurrentyearexhibitasteadydecreasebyyearin
school.Bysenioryear,1.3percentofundergraduatesreportedexperiencingnonconsensual
penetrationorsexualtouchingbyAAC.Thiscomparesto2.9percentforfreshman.

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Estimatesforcoercionbyvictimcharacteristicswerenotestimatedbecauseofthelowprevalenceofthistypeof
victimization.

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TheprevalenceofAACvictimizationforthesesamecharacteristicsforfemalesare
presentedinTable4.4forthetwotypesofbehaviors(penetration,sexualtouching).Overall,
thepatternsareverysimilaracrossthetwobehaviors.Significantdifferencesareobservedfor
bothbehaviorsbycategoriesofsexualorientation,race,disabilityandmaritalstatus.The
patternforcurrentyearratesbyyearinschoolaresomewhatdifferentbybehavior.For
penetrationthereseemstobeasteadydecreasepatternbyyear.Theratedeclinesfrom1.8
percentfreshmanyearto1.0percentsenioryear.Forsexualtouching,thereisalsoasteady
declinegoingfrom3.4percentfreshmanyearto0.8percentsenioryear.
WhatisthetotalexperiencewithnonconsensualsexualcontactmeasuredbytheAAU
survey?Toassesstheoverallriskofnonconsensualsexualcontact,prevalencemeasureswere
estimatedthatcombinethetwobehaviorsthatconstitutesexualcontact(penetrationand
sexualtouching)andthefourtacticsdiscussedabove(physicalorthreatofphysicalforce;
incapacitation;coercion;AAC).Weprovideestimatesthatcombinethesebehaviorsandtactics
inseveraldifferentways.
Wefirstpresentratesthatincludetwoofthefourtactics(i.e.physicalforceand
incapacitation)forthetwobehaviors(penetrationandsexualtouchingorkissing).Tonarrow
thedefinitionfurther,estimatesarepresentedforthoseeventsthatwerecompleted;this
excludesattemptsatforciblepenetrationwhichwerenotcompleted.
Someoftheestimatesprovidedinpriorsectionswereforallstudentsforthetime
periodsinceenteringTexasA&MUniversity.Thismixesstudentswhohavebeenatthe
universityfordifferentperiodsoftimeand,therefore,areatriskofcampussexualassaultor
misconductfordifferentperiodsoftime.Tolargelystandardizeforthetimeperiod,andgetan
overallpictureoftheriskforastudentsentirestayonthecampus,estimateswerealsomade
forseniorssinceenteringTexasA&MUniversity.Thisprovidestheprevalencefortheperiod
whileattendingTexasA&MUniversity,whichformanyisafouryearperiod.12
Accordingtothesurvey,11.8percentofseniorsexperiencednonconsensualsexual
contactinvolvingphysicalforceorincapacitationsinceenteringTexasA&MUniversity.Among
seniorfemales18.1percentreportedthistypeofvictimization.Amongseniormales,5.2
percentreportedthistypeofvictimizationsinceenteringTexasA&MUniversity.Therewere
notenoughrespondentsintheTGQNgrouptogeneratereliableestimates.Amongsenior
females,8.2percentreportedbeingavictimofnonconsensualpenetrationinvolvingphysical
forceorincapacitationsincefirstenrollingatTexasA&MUniversity(Table4.8).
Theaboveestimatesexcludeattempted,butnotcompleted,sexualcontact.However,
attemptedactsarealsopartofthelegaldefinitionofrapeandsexualassault.Theyalsohave

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Theexceptionarethosethattransferredtothecollegeoruniversityaftertheirfreshmanyear.

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beenincludedinanumberofdifferentstudiesonvictimizationofcollegestudents.13TheAAU
surveymeasuredattemptsofforciblepenetration.Ifthesearealsoincluded,theestimates
increasebylessthanhalfapercentagepoint(e.g.,18.1%forfemales).
ThesurveymeasuredtwoadditionaltacticscoercionandAAC,whichareviolationsof
thestudentconductcode.Ifweincludetheseinanoverallprevalencemeasure,theestimate
increasesto13.4percentofseniorswhoarevictimsofsometypeofnonconsensualsexual
contactsincefirstenrollingattheuniversityorcollege.Amongseniors20.2percentoffemales
and6.2percentofmalesreportbeingavictimofnonconsensualsexualcontactatleastonce.
Asecondimportantsummarymeasureistheprevalenceduringthe20142015
academicyear.Thisisthemostcurrentmeasureofriskandmightbeseenasmostrelevant
whendevelopingpolicies.Theprevalenceforthe20142015yearforallundergraduatesis4.7
percentforcompletedactsofnonconsensualsexualcontactinvolvingphysicalforceor
incapacitation(Table4.9).Femaleshavehigherratesthanmales(7.3%forfemalesvs.2.1%for
males).Amongfemales,2.5percentreportbeingvictimsofcompletedpenetrationinvolving
physicalforceorincapacitation.Whenaddinginattempted,butnotcompleted,actsof
penetrationusingphysicalforce,3percentreportbeingvictimsofpenetrationinvolving
physicalforceorincapacitation.
Onceincludingalltypesofnonconsensualsexualcontactmeasuredonthesurvey,5.8
percentofundergraduatesreportedbeingavictimduringthe20142015academicyear.
Femaleswhencomparedtomalesaremostlikelytobeavictimatleastonce(9.2%forfemales
vs.2.5%formales).
Howdotheestimatescomparewithsurveysofcollegestudentsonsexualassaultand
sexualmisconduct?Tobetterunderstandtheimplicationsoftheaboveresults,itisusefulto
placethemwithinthecontextofpriorsurveysonnonconsensualsexualcontact.Thereare
manydifferencesinmethodologyamongthedifferentcampusclimatesurveys,includingthe
compositionofthesample,themodeofsurveyadministration,theresponserateand,perhaps
mostimportantly,thedefinitionsofnonconsensualactivity.Nonetheless,thedetailed
questionsincludedontheAAUsurveyallowmakingselectedcomparisons.
TheCollegeSexualAssaultstudy(CSA)14wasconductedwithundergraduatestudents
attendingtwolarge,publicuniversities.Itwasawebsurveyandhadaresponserateof42%.
WhilethequestionwordingbetweentheAAUsurveyandtheCSAarenotidentical,theyare

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Koss,M.P.,Gidycz,C.A.,andWisniewski,N.(1987).TheScopeofRape:IncidenceandPrevalenceofSexual
AggressionandVictimizationinaNationalSampleofHigherEducationStudents,JournalofCounselingand
ClinicalPsychology55:16270;Krebs,etal,Ibid;Fisheretal,Ibid

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Krebs,C.andLindquist,C.(2014)SettingtheRecordStraighton1in5.http://time.com/3633903/campus
rape1in5sexualassaultsettingrecordstraight/;seealsoKrebs,C.,Lindquist,C.H.,Warner,T.D.,Fisher,B.S.
andS.Martin(2007)TheCampusSexualAssault(CSA)Study.ReportofprojectawardedbytheNationalInstitute
ofJustice,Award2004WGBX0010.https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/221153.pdf;

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similarwhenaskingaboutpenetrativeandsexualtouchingbehaviorsandtactics,including
physicalforceandincapacitation.15TheCSAstudyestimatedratesusingseveraldifferent
definitions.Perhapsthemostwidelycitedisthat19.8percentoffemalecollegeseniorshad
beenvictimsofcompletednonconsensualsexualcontactinvolvingphysicalforceor
incapacitationsinceenteringcollege(1in5).A95%confidenceintervalaroundthisestimate
is17.8percentto21.8percent.16TheestimatefortheAAUsurveyis18.0percent,witha
confidenceintervalof15.2percentto20.8percent.Theestimateforpenetrationbyforceand
incapacitationfortheAAUsurveyislowerthanthecorrespondingCSAestimate(8.2%forTexas
A&MUniversityand14.3%forCSA).
NOTE:TABLE4.5ISNOTDISCUSSED

3.5 FrequencyandNatureofSexualHarassment,IntimatePartner
Violence,andStalking
Thesurveyincludedmeasuresofthreeotherformsofsexualmisconduct:1)sexual
harassment,2)stalkingand3)intimatepartnerviolence.Thissectionreviewstheprevalence,
incidenceandcharacteristicsassociatedwitheachofthesebehaviors.
Sexualharassment.Harassmentwasdefinedasaseriesofbehaviorsthatinterfered
withthevictimsacademicorprofessionalperformances,limitedthevictimsabilityto
participateinanacademicprogram,orcreatedanintimidating,hostileoroffensivesocial,
academicorworkenvironment.Thisdefinitionisinlinewithcampuspolicies,aswellasthose
oftheEqualEmploymentOpportunityCommissionsdefinitionregardinghostileenvironment
andtheUSDepartmentofEducation.17Thespecificbehaviorsreferencedweretakenfrom
severaldifferentscalesmeasuringharassment18:

madesexualremarksortoldjokesorstoriesthatwereinsultingoroffensivetoyou?

madeinappropriateoroffensivecommentsaboutyourorsomeoneelsesbody,
appearanceorsexualactivities?

saidcrudeorgrosssexualthingstoyouortriedtogetyoutotalkaboutsexual
matterswhenyoudidntwantto?

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TheAAUsurveywasbased,inpart,ontheCSA.

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Thestandarderroroftheestimateis1percent.DataobtainedviapersonalcommunicationfromChristopher
Krebs.

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FortheEEOCdefinition,seehttp://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/sexual_harassment.cfm.FortheDepartmentof
Educationdefinition,seehttp://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/ocrshpam.html#_t1a.

Forexample,seeLeskinen, E.A., & Cortina, L.M. (2014) Dimensions of disrespect: Mapping and measuring
gender harassment in organizations. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 38(1), 107-123.

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emailed,texted,tweeted,phoned,orinstantmessagedoffensivesexualremarks,
jokes,stories,picturesorvideostoyouthatyoudidntwant?

continuedtoaskyoutogoout,getdinner,havedrinksorhavesexeventhoughyou
said,No?

Table5.1apresentsprevalenceratesforvictimsofsexualharassmentand
characteristicsofboththeoffendersandthevictim.Thetableprovidesanoverallestimateof
prevalence,thespecificbehaviorthatoccurred,numberoftimesitoccurredduringthecurrent
academicyear,thenumberofoffendersinvolved,theassociationbetweentheoffenderand
theuniversity,andtherelationshipbetweentheoffenderandthevictim.
Overall,40.6percentofstudentsindicatedthattheyhavebeenthevictimsofsexual
harassment.Femaleundergraduatesreportthismostoften(49.5%),followedbyfemale
graduatestudentsandmaleundergraduates(41.4%and35.4%,respectively),andlastlyby
malegraduatestudents(29.1%).Overall,TGQNstudentsreportthisinnotablyhigher
proportions.Themostcommonbehaviorcitedwasmakinginappropriatecommentsabout
theirbody,appearanceorsexualbehavior(29.7%);followedbymakingsexualremarks,or
insultingoroffensivejokesorstories(23.6%).Thispatternbygenderandenrollmentstatusis
thesameforeachofthespecifictypesofbehaviors.
Studentsreportingharassmentwereaskedhowmanytimesthishasoccurredinthelast
year.Approximately79(79.4%)percentofthosewhosaidtheyweresubjecttoharassment
saidthatithadhappenedinthelastacademicyear.Mostofthesevictims(56.6%)saidthatit
hadhappenedmorethanonceduringthelast.
Theoffendersaffiliationtotheuniversitywasmostoftendescribedasastudent
(90.7%).Thiswasmorecommonamongundergraduatestudents(93.4%offemale
undergraduatesand91.6%ofmaleundergraduates)thanamonggraduatestudents(83.0
percentfemalegraduatestudentsand83.0%malegraduatestudents).Graduatestudents
moreoftenidentifiedtheoffenderasafacultymember(24.2%offemalegraduatestudents
and18.8%ofmalegraduatestudentsvs7.2%offemaleundergraduatesand5.4%ofmale
undergraduates)orothermemberoftheuniversitystafforadministration(12.1%offemale
graduatestudentsand8.5%ofmalegraduatestudentsvs.1.8%offemaleundergraduatesand
1.2%ofmaleundergraduates).
Themostcommonresponsedescribingtherelationshipoftheoffendertothevictimisa
friendoracquaintance(70.5%),followedbyastranger(39.2%).Graduatestudentsmore
frequentlyidentifiedtherelationshipoftheoffendertothevictimasteacheroradvisor
comparedtoundergraduates(16.6%offemalegraduatestudentsand16.1%ofmalegraduate
studentsvs.6.5%offemaleundergraduatesand4.4%ofmaleundergraduates)oracoworker,
bossorsupervisor(18.6%offemalegraduatestudentsand21.1%ofmalegraduatestudentsvs.

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5.8%offemaleundergraduatesand4.7%ofmaleundergraduates).TGQNstudents,overall,
moreoftenidentifiedtherelationshipoftheoffendertothevictimasastranger.
Femaleundergraduatestudentsmoreoftenidentifiedtheirrelationshiptotheoffender
assomeonetheyhaddatedorhadanintimaterelationshipwith(7.9)comparedtomale
undergraduates(4.6%).Maleundergraduatesmorecommonlydescribedtheiroffenderasa
friend(77.3%)comparedtofemaleundergraduates(69.3%).
Intimatepartnerviolence.Table5.2aprovidessimilardataforintimatepartnerviolence
(IPV).TheIPVsectionwasintendedtocaptureviolenceassociatedwithrelationshipsthat
wouldnotbecapturedinthesexualviolencesection(sectionG).Thissectionwasadministered
toanyonewhosaidtheyhadbeeninanypartneredrelationshipsinceenrollingincollege
(QuestionA13):
Partneredrelationshipsinclude:

casualrelationshiporhookup

steadyorseriousrelationship

marriage,civilunion,domesticpartnershiporcohabitation

ThequestionwordingfortheIPVitems(SectionFofthequestionnaire)isacombination
ofwordingusedintheUniversityofNewHampshire2012surveyascitedintheWhiteHouse
TaskForceReportandtheNationalIntimatePartnerandSexualViolenceSurvey(NISVS)
conductedbytheCentersofDiseaseControlandPrevention.19Tobeclassifiedasavictim,
respondentshadtosaythatapartnerhaddoneoneofthefollowing:

controlledortriedtocontrolyou?Examplescouldbewhensomeone:

keptyoufromgoingtoclassesorpursuingyoureducationalgoals

didnotallowyoutoseeortalkwithfriendsorfamily

madedecisionsforyousuchas,whereyougoorwhatyouwearoreat

threatenedtooutyoutoothers

threatenedtophysicallyharmyou,someoneyoulove,orthemselves?

usedanykindofphysicalforceagainstyou?Examplescouldbewhensomeone

bentyourfingersorbityou

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ModifiedfromBlack,M.C.,Basile,K.C.,Breiding,M.J.,Smith,S.G.,Walters,M.L.,Merrick,M.T.,Chen,J.,&
Stevens,M.R.(2011).TheNationalIntimatePartnerandSexualViolenceSurvey(NISVS):2010summaryreport.
Atlanta,GA:NationalCenterforInjuryPreventionandControl,CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention

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choked,slapped,punchedorkickedyou

hityouwithsomethingotherthanafist

attackedyouwithaweapon,orotherwisephysicallyhurtorinjuredyou

IPVwasexperiencedby9.0percentofthestudentpopulationwhohadbeenina
partneredrelationship.Thiswasreportedmostoftenbyfemaleundergraduates(12.5percent),
followedbymaleundergraduatesandfemalegraduatestudents(7.4%and5.5%,respectively),
andlastlybymalegraduatestudents(5.4%).Overall,TGQNstudentsmoreoftenreported
experiencingIPV.Themostcommonbehaviorwascontrollingortryingtocontrolthevictim
(6.0%);followedbyusingphysicalforce(4.0%)andthreateningtoharmthevictim,familyor
themselves(3.5%).Approximate46.2percentofvictimsreportedthattheincidentoccurred
multiplesincethebeginningofthe2014schoolyear.
Stalking.StalkingwasbasedondefinitionsandbehaviorsusedintheNISVS,the
NationalCrimeVictimizationSurveyandtheNationalViolenceAgainstWomensSurvey.20
Respondentswereaskedwhethersomeone:

madeunwantedphonecalls,sentemails,voice,textorinstantmessages,orposted
messages,picturesorvideosonsocialnetworkingsitesinawaythatmadeyou
afraidforyourpersonalsafety

showedupsomewhereorwaitedforyouwhenyoudidnotwantthatpersontobe
thereinawaythatmadeyouafraidforyourpersonalsafety

spiedon,watchedorfollowedyoueitherinpersonorusingdevicesorsoftwareina
waythatmadeyouafraidforyourpersonalsafety

Tobeconsideredstalking,therespondenthadtoadditionallysaythatthesebehaviors,
eithersinglyorincombination,occurredmorethanonceandwasdonebythesameperson.
Fewerthanfourpercent(3.5%)ofstudentsreportedthattheyhadbeenthevictimsof
stalkingwhileattendingTexasA&MUniversity(Table5.3a).Femalegraduatestudents
reportedbeingvictimsofstalkingmostoftenat7.5percent,followedbyundergraduatefemale
studentsat4.8percent,andmalestudentsat2percent(2.1%maleundergraduatesand1.7%
malegraduatestudents).Amongthevictims,approximately70percent(69.5%)reportedthat
anincidentoccurredwithinthelastyear.Morethanonehalfofstudents(60.3%)reportedthat
withinthelastyeartheywerestalkedmultipletimes.

Blacketal,Ibid;Catalano, S. (2012). Stalking victims in the Unites States--revised. (NCJ 224527).

Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics; Tjaden, P.,
& Thoennes, N. (1998). Stalking in America: Findings form the National Violence Against Women Survey. (NCJ
172837). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice and U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Mostoften,theoffendersaffiliationtotheuniversitywasdescribedasastudent
(68.2%).Indescribingtherelationshipoftheoffendertothevictim,studentsmostoften
indicatedthatitwasafriendoracquaintance(42.6%),followedbyastranger(34.6%),and
someonetheyhaddatedorwereintimatewith(26.0%).Undergraduateswereparticularly
likelytoindicatethattheoffenderwasafriendoracquaintance(44.5%offemale
undergraduatesand41.2%ofmaleundergraduatesvs.26.3%offemalegraduatestudentsand
17.4%ofmalegraduatestudents).
Table5.4presentstheprevalenceofsexualharassment,intimatepartnerviolence,and
stalkingbythecharacteristicsofthevictim.Forallofthesetypesofsexualmisconduct,non
heterosexualstudentsreporthavingbeenvictimizedmoreoftenthanheterosexualyouth
(601.5%vs.39.2%forsexualharassment,123.7%vs.8.6%forintimatepartnerviolence,and
7.8%vs3.3%forstalking).
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Appendix1.InstrumentDevelopment
A1.1 SurveyDesignTeamsandQuestionnaireDevelopment
ThesurveydevelopmentprocesswasacollaborationbetweentheWestatandAAU
SurveyDesignTeams.TheWestatteamwascochairedbyCoPrincipalInvestigators,Dr.David
Cantor,SeniorStatisticalFellowatWestatandresearchprofessorattheJointProgramfor
SurveyMethodology,andDr.BonnieFisher,Professor,SchoolofCriminalJustice,Universityof
Cincinnati.TheAAUSurveyDesignTeamwaschairedbyDr.SandyMartin,Professorand
AssociateChairforResearch,DepartmentofMaternalandChildHealth,UniversityofNorth
Carolina,ChapelHill.Theywerejoinedbyamultidisciplinarygroupofuniversityprofessors
andadministratorsfromparticipatingIHEswithexpertiseinsurveydesignandmethodology
andissuesrelatedtosexualassaultandmisconductoncampus.ThemembersoftheAAU
SurveyDesignTeamarepresentedinTableA11.
Tostartthesurveydesignprocess,inOctober2014,theWestatteamreviewedNot
Alone:TheFirstReportoftheWhiteHouseTaskForcetoProtectStudentsfromSexualAssault
whichincludedrecommendationsonusingcampusclimatesurveystodocumenttheproblem
ofsexualassaultoncollegecampuses.Theteamalsosystematicallyrevieweddecadesof
researchliteratureonhowtomeasuresexualmisconductandsexualvictimizationinastudent
population(e.g.,Kossetal.,1987;Koss,etal.,2007;FisherandMay,2009;Kilpatricketal.,
2007;Krebsetal.,2009).Inaddition,theteamreviewedproceduresandsurveysdevelopedby
otherIHEs(e.g.,RutgersUniversity,UniversityofOregon,MassachusettsInstituteof
Technology,ColumbiaUniversity).Theteamdrewonothervictimizationsurveyssuchas
NationalIntimatePartnerandSexualViolenceSurvey(NISVS),NationalCrimeVictimization
Survey(NCVS),NCVSSupplementalVictimizationSurveyonStalking(SVS),andtheCampus
SafetyandSecuritySurvey.Finallytheteamdrewfromscalesthatmeasuredspecificattitudes
andbehaviorssuchasharassmentandbystanderintervention.Thefinalsurveyprovidesthe
sourcematerialthatwasusedforeachofthemajorsections.
InearlyNovember2014,theAAUSurveyDesignTeamwasformedandstartedworking
onthesurveydevelopmentprocess.Thefirstmeeting,conductedviaconferencecall,setthe
stageforthefrequentandongoingmeetingsneededtodevelopthesurvey.Duringtheinitial
instrumentdevelopmentphase,fromNovember2014toJanuary2015,theteamhadweekly
conferencecalls.InFebruary2015,whenfinalrevisionswerebeingmadetothesurvey,the
teammeteveryotherweek.Meetingslasted,onaverage,twohours.Inbetweenformal
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expertiseonsurveydesign,reviewsurveydraftsandprovidefeedback,andresolveissues
raisedduringmeetings.
Duringthesemeetings,theAAUSurveyDesignTeammembersdiscussedatlength
conceptualandmethodologicalissuesunderlyingthemeasurementofsexualmisconduct,
sexualvictimizationandcampusclimateconstructs.Teammembersmadefinaldecisionson
howtodefinecampusclimate(e.g.,natureandscope)andthetypesofvictimizationthatwould
becovered,questionwording,responsesetwording,andorderingoftopics.Alldecisionswere
madewiththegoalofkeepingthetimetocompletethesurveytobetween15and20minutes.
SurveyitemsandtopicsweresubmittedbyboththeWestatteamandtheAAUSurvey
DesignTeamandconsideredaspartofthemultistep,iterativeprocesstodevelopthefinal
instrument.
TheDesignTeammembersprovidedinformationontheoverallstructureandconstructs
includedinthesurvey,aswellasthesurveyquestion,orderingofquestionsandsections,and
otherdetails.Theyalsoservedasconsultantsattheirrespectiveuniversitieswhoprovided
feedbacktotheentiregroupthroughtheiruniversityliaisons;thusthesurveywasinformedby
amuchwidergroupthantheDesignTeam.Inaddition,somemembersoftheDesignTeam
assistedbypretestingaspectsofthedraftsurveywithstudentsattheirrespectiveuniversities.
Throughoutthisprocess,theteamreceivedmorethan700commentsaboutthesurvey
forconsideration.Eachcommentwasreviewedindividuallyandadecisionwasmadeabout
howbesttohandleeachonewithinputfromtheAAUSurveyDesignTeam.Disagreements
wereresolvedbyconsensus.

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TableA11.

TheAAUSurveyDesignTeam

MelanieBoyd

RussellCarey
MelissaA.Clark

NancyDeutsch
MarneK.Einarson
LilyGuillotSvensen

ChristiHurt
DebraKalmuss
DavidLaibson
SandraMartin

StephenMinicucci
ChristinaMorell
LindsayOrchowski
JagrutiJagPatel
NoraCateSchaeffer

SarahSchultzRobinson
StephanieS.Spangler

AAUSurveyDesignTeamMembers
YaleUniversity
AssistantDeanofStudentAffairsandDirectorofOfficeofGenderand
CampusCulture
BrownUniversity
ExecutiveVicePresidentforPlanningandPolicy
BrownUniversity
ProfessorofEpidemiologyandObstetricsandGynecology;
AssociateDirector,CenterforPopulationandHealthandClinical
Epidemiology
UniversityofVirginia
AssociateProfessor
CornellUniversity
AssistantDirector,OfficeInstitutionalResearch&Planning
YaleUniversity
ResearchAnalystfortheOfficeofInstitutionalResearch;
memberofYalesTitleIXSteeringCommittee
UniversityofNorthCarolina,ChapelHill
Director,CarolinaWomen'sCenter
ColumbiaUniversity
Professor,PopulationandFamilyHealth,MailmanSchoolofPublicHealth
HarvardUniversity
RobertI.GoldmanProfessorofEconomics
UniversityofNorthCarolina,ChapelHill(ChairofSurveyDesignTeam)
DepartmentofMaternalandChildHealth,GillingsSchoolofGlobalPublic
Health
ConsortiumonFinancingHigherEducation(COFHE)
DirectorofResearch
UniversityofVirginia
AssociateVicePresidentforStudentAffairs
BrownUniversity
AssistantProfessorofPsychiatryandHumanBehavior(Research)
MIT
AssociateDirectorofInstitutionalResearch
UniversityofWisconsinMadison
SewellBascomProfessorofSociology
FacultyDirector,UniversityofWisconsinSurveyCenter
UniversityofVirginia
InstitutionalAssessmentOffice
YaleUniversity
DeputyProvostforHealthAffairsandAcademicIntegrity
ClinicalProfessorofObstetricsandGynecology

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A1.2 StudentInput
Theteamreceivedfeedbackfromstudentsinthreeways.Onewasfromcognitive
interviewswithstudentscurrentlyattendingcollegesoruniversities.Thiswascompletedin
twodifferentlocationswithapproximately35students.Second,theinstrumentwas
administeredtostudentsattwodifferentIHEs.Aftertheinstrumentwasadministered,the
studentswereaskedforfeedbackontheitems.Commentswerereceivedfromapproximately
60students.Third,afocusgroupswith13studentswasconductedatoneIHE.
Thefeedbackfromtheseactivitiesincludedawiderangeofcommentsonboththe
contentandwordingofthequestions.Forexample,thecognitiveinterviewspointedto
questionswherethedefinitionsandinstructionswerenotclearornotbeingread.TheDesign
Teammodifiedthesequestionstoincorporatethedefinitionsintothestemofthequestionto
increasethelikelihoodtheywouldbeseenbytherespondent.Anotherexamplecomesfrom
feedbackreceivedbystudentswhowereadministeredthesurvey.Theyprovidedfeedbackon
thewordingofthequestionaskingforthegenderandsexualorientationofthestudents.The
categoriestotheseitemsweremodifiedtoaccountforawiderrangeofoptions.

A1.3 SurveyContentandSources
TopicsusedinthesurveyinstrumentcoverdomainsoutlinedbytheAAUinresponseto
therequestsofthePresidents/Chancellors.Thesetopicsweresplitintoseveralbasiccategories
1)directpersonalexperiencewithsexualassaultandsexualmisconduct,2)campusclimate,
3)schoolresourcesand4)studentcharacteristics.Thissectiondescribesthedevelopmentof
theseitems,aswellasthosetopicsthatwereconsideredbutnotincludedonthesurvey
instrument.
PersonalExperience:NonconsensualSexualContact
Prioritywasgiventocollectingnonconsensualsexualcontactbyfourtypesoftactics:1)
physicalforce,2)incapacitation,3)coercionand4)absenceofaffirmativeconsent.TheDesign
teamwantedtocollectinformationto:(1)estimatetheprevalenceandincidenceofsexual
assaultandsexualmisconductexperiencedbyuniversitystudents(undergraduate,graduate
andprofessional)oneachparticipatingcampus,and(2)identifycharacteristicsofthese
experiences(e.g.,location,offendercharacteristics).Thetermincidentwasusedinthesurvey
asitisdefinedintheWhiteHouseTaskForceReportmeaningthenumberoftimesa
particulartypeofsexualassaultorsexualmisconductoccurredoveraperiodoftime.
Thesequestionsdefinedsexualcontactastwobehaviorspenetrationandsexual
touching.Penetrationincludesbothsexualpenetrationofsomeonesvaginaoranusbya
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finger,penis,orobjectandoralsexbyamouthortongueonsomeonesgenitals.Sexual
touchingincludeskissing,touchingsomeonesbreast,chest,crotch,groinorbuttocks,or
grabbing,gropingorrubbingagainsttheotherinasexualway,evenifthetouchingisoverthe
othersclothes.
Toestimatetheincidenceandprevalenceofnonconsensualsexualcontactbyeach
combinationofbehavior(penetration,sexualtouching)andtactic(physicalforce,
incapacitation,coercion,absenceofaffirmativeconsent),itwasnecessarytoaskabouteach
combinationofbehaviorandtactics.TheDesignCommitteefeltitwasimportanttodistinguish
betweenincidentsthatdifferedbythedifferenttypesoftactics.
TacticsInvolvingPhysicalforceandIncapacitation.Fivequestionnaireitemswere
developedthatseparatedthedifferenttypesofsexualcontactforthesetwotactics.Physical
force/attemptedphysicalforceincludessomeonebeinghelpdownwithhisorherbodyweight,
armsbeingpinneddown,beinghitorkicked,oratheuseorthreatofaweaponbeingused.
Incapacitatedreferstobeingunabletoconsentorstopwhatwashappeningduetobeing
passedout,asleep,orincapacitatedduetodrugsoralcohol.
Thesetacticswereconsideredthemostserioustypeoftacticandconstitutetheprimary
measuresusedonseveralothersurveys(e.g.,Krebs,etal2009).Asnotedabove,thequestions
distinguishedbetweendifferentcombinationsofthesetacticsandthetwotypesofsexual
contact,including:

Nonconsensualcompletedpenetrationthatoccurredasaresultofphysicalforce
orattemptedforced,

Nonconsensualattemptsbutnotcompleted,penetrationasaresultofphysical
forceorattemptedforce,

Nonconsensualcompletedpenetrationthatoccurredasaresultofincapacitation

Nonconsensualcompletedsexualtouchingthatoccurredasaresultofphysical

force

Nonconsensualcompletedsexualtouchingthatoccurredasaresultof
incapacitation
TheDesignTeamexamineddifferentdefinitionsandwaystooperationalizethesetypes
ofincidents,includinglookingatquestionsfromscholarlysources.Therearetwoapproaches
advocatedbyresearchersusingbehaviorspecificquestions.Thefirstapproachdevelopedby
Kossandcolleagues(2007),isstructuredsothatforeachofthebehavioraseriesoffollowup
statementsdescribingspecifictacticsareasked.Thesecondapproachputsbothtypeof
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behaviorandtacticinthesamequestion(Krebsetal,2009).Thereisnopublishedempirical
findingstomakeanevidenceinformedchoiceaboutwhichofthetwoapproachesproducesa
morevalidandreliablemeasure.AfterdiscussionsamongmembersoftheDesignTeam,the
latterapproachwasselectedtousebecauseittakesuplessquestionnairespaceandithas
beensuccessfullyusedinpriorsexualvictimizationamongcollegestudentsresearch(e.g.,Krebs
etal.,2009).Asaresult,theDesignTeamdevelopedfivescreenquestions.Eachscreen
questionprovidedbothadefinitionandexamplesofthebehavioranduseofoneofthetwo
tactics.
CoercionandAbsenceofAffirmativeConsent.Coercionwasintendedtocapturenon
consensualsexualcontactinvolvingthreatsofseriousnonphysicalharmorpromisingrewards
suchthatthestudentfelts/hemustcomply.Thistacticwasintendedtocapturebehaviorsthat
wereviolationsofthestudentspersonalorcivilrights.Itcomplementedtheitemsaskedin
anothersectionofthequestionnaireonsexualharassmentbyfocusingonnonconsensual
sexualcontactasopposedtoverbalorotherharassingbehaviors.
SeveralmembersoftheDesignTeamsuggestedincludingquestionsthatcapturedthe
emergingschoolconductcodesrelatedtotheabsenceofaffirmativeconsentasafourthtactic.
Accordingtoresearchconductedtheteammembers,sevenoutoftheeightuniversities
representedontheAAUSurveyDesignTeamposteddefinitionsofaffirmativeconsentintheir
Universitysstudentconductcode,TitleIXofficematerials,orotherformalchannels.Alleight
oftheIvyLeague,andthemajorityoftheConsortiumonFinancingHigherEducation(COFHE)
(29outof30),andAAU(49outof62)universitiesalsohaveposteddefinitionsconsistentwith
thistactic.Therefore,inclusionoftheabsenceofaffirmativeconsentinthequestionnaire
seemedtobethebestmeanstoestimatetheprevalenceandincidenceofnonconsensual
penetrationandsexualtouchingamongstudentsattheparticipatinguniversities.
CollectingDetailsabouttheincidents.Therewasastrongdesirebymembersofthe
designteamtocollectbothincidence(numberoftimes)andprevalencemeasures.Prior
studieshaveprimarilyconcentratedonprevalence.Inadditiontotheteamwantedtogenerate
estimatesthatcoveredtwodifferenttimeperiods.Onewouldbethetimesincethestudent
wasenrolledattheIHE.Thesecondwasoverthecurrentacademicyear.
Tomeasurethetimingandincidenceofeachtypeofnonconsensualsexualcontact,a
seriesoffollowupquestionsweredevelopedtocountthenumberofincidentsandtoplace
eachincidentwithaparticularyear.Thisseriesfollowedupeachyesresponsetotheinitial
screeningitemsaskingabouttheoccurrenceofaspecificcombinationofbehaviorandtactic.
Thefollowupsconsistedoffirstaskinghowmanytimesthistypeofincidentoccurred.For
eachincidenttherespondentwasaskedwhichyearitoccurredandwhethertheincidenthad
alreadybeenreportedinresponsetoanearlierquestion.Thelatterwasusedtounduplicate
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eventswheretherespondentreportedmorethanonetactic.Thisstructureallowedanalyststo
formprevalenceandincidenceratesforeitherthetimeperiodsinceenrolled,aswellasthe
currentacademicyear.
Oncecountingallincidentsreportedduringthescreening,moredetailswerecollected
abouteachtypeofincident.Thefollowupitemsdiffereddependingonthetypeof
nonconsensualsexualcontactthatwasreported:(1)tacticsinvolvingphysicalforceor
incapacitation(DIF1),and(2)tacticsinvolvingcoercionandAAC(DIF2)
TheDIF1wasadministereduptotwotimesforfourincidenttypeswiththefollowing
priority:(1)forcibleand/orattemptednonconsensualpenetration,(2)penetrationdueto
incapacitation,(3)forciblesexualtouching,and(4)sexualtouchingduetoincapacitation.If,for
example,arespondentreportedincidentsthatfellintothetypes1,2and4,theDIF1was
administeredfortypes1and2.ForDIF2,theprioritywas:(1)penetrationand/orsexual
touchingbycoercion,and(2)penetrationand/orsexualtouchingwithoutaffirmativeconsent.
Arangeofinformationaboutanincidentisaskedinthefollowupquestionsto
understandthecontextofsexualassault.BasedonextensivediscussionswithintheDesign
Team,thecontentofthefollowupquestionsusedinDIF1includes:timeofoccurrence(year
andsemester;duringanacademicbreakofrecess);locationofincident(onoroffcampus,
specificlocation;perpetratorcharacteristics(numberofoffenders,genderofoffender,typeof
nonconsensualorunwantedbehavior,offenderaffiliationwithschool,relationshiptovictim),
contextpriortoincident;respondentsvoluntarilyconsumptionofalcoholordrugspriorto
incident,respondentsuseofalcoholordrugswithouttheirknowledgeorconsentpriorto
incident,offendersuseofalcoholordrugspriortoincident,disclosureandreportingactions;
reasonsfornotdisclosingorreporting;useandassessmentofcampusorlocalservices;and
outcomes(e.g.,physicalinjuries,pregnancy,andphysicalandpsychosomaticsymptoms).
Similar,butlessdetailed,informationwascollectedforDIF2.Thecontentofthefollow
upquestionsusedintheSexualMisconductDIFincludes:perpetratorcharacteristics(number
ofoffenders,genderofoffender,typeofnonconsensualorunwantedbehavior,offender
affiliationwithschool,relationshiptovictim).
PersonalExperience:SexualHarassment,IntimatePartnerViolenceandStalking
Theothermeasuresofsexualassaultandsexualmisconductcollectedweresexual
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Tomeetthelegaldefinitionofharassmenttherearetwocriteria.First,aspertheUS
EqualEmploymentOpportunityCommission(EEOC)21andDepartmentofEducation22,the
behaviorhastocreateahostileoroffensiveworkoracademicenvironment.Tomeasure
thesebehaviors,theDesignTeamproposedusingportionsoftheLeskinanandKortina(2014)
scalerepresentingeachofthemajordimensions,withafewadditionalbehaviorsthatarenot
coveredbythescale.AfterdiscussionsamongthemembersoftheDesignTeam,itwasdecided
thatquestionsonsexualharassmentincludethefollowingbehaviors:(1)madesexualremarks
ortoldjokesorstoriesthatwereinsultingoroffensivetothevictim;(2)madeinappropriateor
offensivecommentsaboutthevictimorsomeoneelsesbody,appearanceorsexualactivities;
(3)saidcrudeorgrosssexualthingstothevictimortriedtogetthevictimtalkaboutsexual
matterswhenshe/hedidntwantto;(4)emailed,texted,tweeted,phoned,orinstant
messagedoffensivesexualremarks,jokes,stories,pictures,orvideostothevictimthatshe/he
didntwant;and(5)continuedtoaskthevictimtogoout,getdinner,havedrinksorhavesex
eventhoughthevictimsaidno.
AsecondquestionishowtousetheseitemswhenoperationalizingtheEEOCconceptof
hostileworkenvironment.Accordingtolegaldefinitions,tomeetthisstandard,thebehavior
hastobeeitherfrequentorsevere.Mostofthepriorstudiesdothisbyaskingwhethera
behavioroccurringaspecificnumberoftimes(e.g.,2014MITCommunityAttitudesonSexual
AssaultSurvey).Othercampusclimatesurveysdonotmeasurefrequencyanditisnotclear
howonecandeterminewhensomethingrisestoahostileworkenvironment.Aftermultiple
roundsofdiscussionswiththeDesignTeam,itwasdecidedtoprovideanintroductionatthe
beginningofthesectionwhichdefinessexualharassmentassomethingthatinterferedwiththe
victimsacademicorprofessionalperformances,limitedthevictimsabilitytoparticipateinan
academicprogram,orcreatedanintimidating,hostileoroffensivesocial,academicorwork
environment.ThisdefinitionismoreinlinewithcampuslifeandpoliciesaswellastheEEOCs
definitionregardinghostileenvironmentandtheUSDepartmentofEducation.23

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(http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/sexual_harassment.cfm)

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(http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/ocrshpam.html#_t1a)

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A federal law, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX), prohibits discrimination on the basis of
sex, including sexual harassment, in education programs and activities. All public and private education institutions
that receive any federal funds must comply with Title IX. Title IX protects students from harassment connected to
any of the academic, educational, extracurricular, athletic, and other programs or activities of schools, regardless of
the location. Title IX protects both male and female students from sexual harassment by any school employee,
another student, or a non-employee third party.

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ThequestionwordingforIPVisacombinationoftheUniversityofNewHampshire2012
surveyascitedintheWhiteHousedocumentandtheNationalIntimatePartnerandSexual
ViolenceSurvey(NISVS)conductedbytheCentersofDiseaseControlandPrevention(Blacket
al.,2011)..TheDesignTeamdecidedthatthesequestionsshouldonlybeaskedofindividuals
whoarecurrentlyin,orhavebeenin,apartneredrelationship.Todeterminethis,theteam
developedadefinitionofpartneredrelationshiptocapturevariousformsofrelationshipsfor
collegestudents,includingcasualrelationshipsorhookups,steadyorseriousrelationshipsand
marriage,civilunion,domesticpartnershipsorcohabitations.Thisquestionwasaskedinthe
demographicsection.OnlythosethatsaidtheywereinarelationshipwereaskedtheIPV
questions.
Stalkingwasdefinedasrepetitivebehaviorthatcausedfearinareasonableperson.
Fearisthecriterionthatdistinguishessexualharassmentfromstalking(Catalano,2012;Logan,
2010).TheDesignTeamhaddiscussionsonwhatleveloffearneededtobewrittenintothe
question.Theteameventuallydecidedtousethecriteriaoffearforpersonalsafety.Three
repeatedpursuitbehaviorsassociatedwithstalkingareusedinthequestionnaire,including(1)
madeunwantedphonecalls,sentemails,voice,text,orinstantmessages,orpostedmessages,
picturesorvideosonsocialnetworkingsites;(2)showedupsomewhereorwaitedforthe
victimwhenshe/hedidntwantthatpersontobethere;and(3)havingbeenspiedon,watched
orfollowedthevictim,eitherinpersonorusingdevicesorsoftware.Theuseofnew
technologiesforstalkingisconsideredasthethirdtactic,forexample,smartphone.Thistacticis
thethirdmostfrequentlyoccurringstalkingbehaviorinNISVS(39%forwomenand31%for
men).%)(Blacketal.,2011).Itisalsothethirdmostfrequentlyoccurringbehaviorexperienced
bystalkingvictimsinNCVS(34.4%;Catalano,2012).

Thesamesetoffollowupquestionsareaskedforsexualharassment,IPV,and
stalking.Thesequestionsincludeaskingabout:(1)theoffendercharacteristics,including
numberofoffenders,numberofincidents,associationwithuniversity,andrelationshiptothe
victim;(2)disclosureandtowhom;and(3)useandassessmentofcampussponsored
programs.Thefollowupquestionsaskforthetimeperiod(e.g.,Fallof2013Summerof2014)
ofthemostrecentcontact.Forthosewhohavenotcontactedanyprograms,thefollowup
questionasksforthereasonsfornotcontactingtheprogram.
CampusClimateMeasures
Atthebeginningofquestionnairedevelopment,alistoftopicsandquestionswere
drawnfromfiveexistingsurveyswhichmeasuredcampusclimatetheRutgersCampus
ClimateSurvey,theMITCommunityAttitudesonSexualAssaultsurvey,theUniversityof
OregonSexualViolenceandInstitutionalBehaviorCampusSurvey,theWhiteHousesurvey,
andtheCampusSexualAssaultStudyandcirculatedamongmembersoftheDesignTeam.The
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listincludestopicsoncampuscommunityattitudestowardeachother,universityeffortson
informingstudentsaboutsexualassaultandsexualmisconduct,perceptionofcommunity
safety,knowledgeanduseofpoliceandresources,perceptionsofleadership,policiesand
reporting,preventiontraining,andbystanderintervention.EachmemberoftheDesignTeam
reviewedthelistandselectedanumberoftopicstoprioritizegiventhatthelengthofthe
surveywouldbe1520minutes.
FurtherdiscussionswithintheDesignTeamnarroweddownthenumberoftopicson
campusclimatetothefollowingfiveconstructs:(1)perceptionregardingriskofsexualassault
orsexualmisconduct;(2)knowledgeandperceptionsaboutresourcesrelatingtosexualassault
orsexualmisconduct;(3)preventiontrainingsrelatedtosexualassaultorsexualmisconductfor
newstudents;(4)perceptionsofresponsestoreportingsexualassaultorsexualmisconduct;
and(5)bystanderinterventionuponsuspectingorwitnessingsexualassaultorsexual
misconduct.
Twotypesofquestionsonriskperceptionswereadministered.Oneaskedaboutthe
likelihoodofbeingavictimofsexualassaultormisconducteitheroncampusoratauniversity
affiliatedeventoffcampus.Thesecondaskedstudentshowproblematictheythoughtsexual
assaultandmisconductwasattheIHE.
Studentswereaskedabouttheirawarenessoftheservicesandresourcesofferedbythe
universityforthosewhoareaffectedbysexualassaultandsexualmisconduct.Thesequestions
askaboutknowledgeofthedefinitionofsexualassaultandsexualmisconductattheIHE;
wheretogethelpattheuniversityifthestudentorafriendexperiencedsexualassaultor
sexualmisconduct;wheretomakeareportofsexualassaultorsexualmisconductatthe
university;andwhathappenswhenastudentreportsanincidentofsexualassaultorsexual
misconductattheuniversity.
Firstyearundergraduateandgraduate/professionalstudentsandtransferstudents
wereaskedtwoquestionsaboutthetrainingorsessionsrelatedtosexualassaultandsexual
misconductsduringtheirorientationsandthehelpfulnessofthese.
Additionally,allstudentswereaskedabouttheirperceptionsofwhatmighthappenif
someoneweretoreportasexualassaultorsexualmisconduct.Studentswereaskedtoassess
thelikelihoodofsevendifferentscenariosrangingfromstudentsupportingthepersonmaking
thereporttoretaliationagainstthepersonmakingthereporttodifferentactionsbyuniversity
officials(e.g.,takingreportseriously,protectingsafetyofthepersonmakingthereport,taking
againstactiontheoffender(s),takingactiontoaddressfactorsthatmayhaveledtoincident).
Twoseparatequestionswereproposedoriginallyonemeasuredhowtheuniversity
respondstoreportingandtheothermeasuredhowstudentsrespondtoreporting.Per
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commentsfrommembersofthedesignteam,thetwoconstructswerecombinedusingthe
questionsfromtheHigherEducationDataSharingConsortiumHEDSSexualAssaultCampus
ClimateSurvey.
MembersoftheDesignteamsuggestedquestionsmeasuringbystanderbehaviorsand
interventionsthatwereadaptedfromBanyardetal.s(2005,2014,)workandtheRutgers
CampusClimateSurvey.Respondentswereaskediftheyhadeverexperiencedthreespecific
situationssincebeingastudentattheIHE(e.g.,seenadrunkenpersonheadingofftowhat
lookedlikeasexualencounter).Iftheyhadexperiencedthesituation,theywereaskedwhat
specificaction,ifany,theydid.Actionsrangedfromdidnothingtodirectlyintervenetoseek
help.
SchoolResources
TheseitemsassessedstudentfamiliaritywithUniversityspecificandoffcampuslocal
resourcesandproceduresrelatedtosexualassaultorsexualmisconduct.FiveUniversity
specificquestionswerecreatedtomeasurethefollowingaspects:(1)schoolofenrollment(full
nameofschoolsorcollegeswithinaparticularuniversity,e.g.,LiberalArtsCollege,Schoolof
Engineering,SchoolofPublicHealth);(2)participationinstudentorganizations;(3)student
livingsituation;and(4)awarenessofonandoffcampusservicesresourcesrelatedtosexual
assaultandsexualmisconductofferedtostudents.Responseoptionsforthesequestionswere
customizedtoincludethenameofprogramsandservicesprovidedateachoftheparticipating
IHE.Thesamesetofresponseoptionswereusedwhenaskingstudentsknowledgeofand
assessmentofusefulnessofresourcesforandreportingbehaviorsofsexualharassment,
stalking,IPV;theseresponsealsowereusedinthefollowupsforincidentsofnonconsensual
sexualcontactinvolvingphysicalforceorincapacitation(DIF1).
StudentCharacteristics
Questionsaskingaboutthestudentsdemographicsareposedatthebeginningofthe
survey.Backgroundinformationwascollectedonage,currentstudentaffiliation
(undergraduate,graduate,professional),classyear,race,HispanicorLatinoorigin,resident
status,genderidentity,sexualorientation,relationshipstatusandregistereddisability.Someof
theinformationwasusedinweightingprocedure,suchasageandclassyearinschool.Other
demographicinformationwasusedtoassessincidenceandprevalenceofsexualassaultand
sexualmisconductamongstudentsinaparticularuniversityforaparticulardemographicgroup
(e.g.,affiliation,genderidentify,sexualorientation).Aquestionaskingaboutinvolvementin
partneredrelationships(casualorhookup,steadyorserious,marriage,civilunion,domestic
partnershiporcohabitation)alsowasincluded;itwasusedtoscreenstudentswhohavebeen
inanypartneredrelationshipsincebeingastudentatuniversityintotheIPVquestions.

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DesignTeammembershadmultipleroundsofdiscussionsonhowtoaskforsexual
orientationandgenderidentityquestions.Thesetwoquestionsweretestedwithstudent
feedback.Responseoptionsusedinthequestionnairetakeintoconsiderationofexisting
researchongenderandsexualidentity,suggestionsfromtheDesignTeam,andfindingsfrom
thepilotstudiesonstudentfeedback.
TopicsDiscussedbutnotIncludedintheFinalInstrument
Duringthequestionnairedevelopment,sometopicswerediscussedbutdroppedfrom
theinstrumentduetoconcernsaboutthelengthofthesurvey.Therewerediscussionson
whetherRapeMythAcceptancequestions(e.g.seetheIllinoisRapeMythAcceptanceScale)
shouldbeincludedinmeasuringattitudesandviewstowardsexualassaultandsexual
misconductoncampus.MembersoftheDesignTeamexpresseddifferentopinionsonthis
issuesomewereinfavorofrapemythquestions,whileothersthoughttheyarenotvery
usefulorvalid.Duringthediscussions,analternativesetofquestionsthatmeasuredstudents
perceptionrelatedtoriskswasproposed.MembersoftheDesignTeamreviewedbothsetsof
questionsandmostofthemfavoredthealternativetotherapemythacceptancequestions.
Twoothertopicswerediscussedbutdroppedfromtheinstrument.Severalresearchers
ontheDesignTeamproposedaddingquestionsonperpetration.AreviewofKrebsetal.(2009)
foundthatthefrequencywassosmallthattheywerenotanalyzed.Similarly,the2014MIT
CommunityAttitudesonSexualAssaultSurvey,whichhadanextensivesectiononperpetration,
foundthatonly1.9%oftherespondentsreportedunwantedsexualbehaviorwith2.9%saying
theywereunsure.Giventhelimitedspaceavailabletoaddquestionstothesurveyinstrument
itwasdecidedthesewerenothighenoughprioritytoinclude.
Asecondrequestwastoaskquestionsonbeingpressuredtohavesexualcontact,such
asverbalorothertypesofnonphysicalpressure.Thiscamefromsomeofthestudent
feedback,aswellasseveralDesignTeammembers.Themainargumenttoincludethiswasto
providestudentsawaytoreportbehaviortheyseeasproblematic.Theconsensuswastonot
includethisinthefinalinstrumentbecausetheywereseenasbehaviorsthatcouldnotbe
directlyaddressedbypolicymakerswithintheuniversity.Inaddition,itwasthoughtthatthe
questionsontheabsenceofaffirmativeconsentoverlappedwiththistypeoftactic.
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A1.4 TheInstrument:TheCampusClimateSurveyonSexualAssault
andSexualMisconduct

SurveyFlowandLogic
Thesurveyhasacoresetof63questionsthatareaskedofeveryrespondent.Additional
questionsareadministeredifrespondentsreportbeingvictimized.ForHarassment,Stalking
andIntimatePartnerViolence(QuestionitemsD,EandF),approximately7followupquestions
areaskedforeachtypeofmisconduct.Thesefollowupquestionsaskforinformationacrossall
reportedincidentsforeachformofvictimization.Forexample,ifsomeonewasavictimof
IntimatePartnerViolencebytwodifferentpartners,thefollowupquestionsaskfor
informationacrossbothpartners.
Thereismorecomplicatedlogicfortheitemscoveringsexualassault(G1G5),coercion
(G6,G7)andlackofaffirmativeconsent(G8,G9).Acrosstheseitems,therearetwotypesof
followupquestions.First,therearefollowupstoeachyesresponsetoquestionsG1G9
(Attachment1).Thepurposeofthesefollowupsistocountanddateeachoftheincidentsthat
occurred.Thisisdonebyfollowingeachyesresponsetoanindividualscreenitem(G1G9)
withquestionsthataskforthenumberoftimes(Attachment1:G[X]a24)andtheschoolyearin
whichtheincidentoccurred(Attachment1:G[X]bG[X]c).Tofinalizethecount,thereare
additionalfollowupsthataskiftheincidentispartofanotherincidentthatwasalready
reported.Ifithadalreadybeenreported,therespondentisaskedtoindicatewhichother
incidentwasinvolved(Attachment1:G[X]d,G[X]e).
AfterG1G9werecompleted,asecondtypeoffollowupwasusedtocollectdetailson
thevictimizationthatwasreported(Attachment2).Thesefollowupsweredividedintotwo
groups.Onegroupisforthesexualassaultitems(G1G5).Ifarespondentreportedyestoat
leastoneofG1G5,aseriesofapproximately18itemswereadministeredtocollectthedetails
(Attachment2;ItemsGA).ThesefollowupsareadministeredseparatelyforG1G2(completed
andattemptedpenetrationbyphysicalforce),G3(sexualtouchingusingphysicalforce),G4
(penetrationwhenincapacitated)andG5(sexualtouchingwhenincapacitated).Forexample,if
arespondentreportsapenetrationbyforce(G1)andsexualtouchingbyforce(G3),theseitems
wereadministeredtwice,onceforeachtype.
Aswiththeothertypesofvictimization,thesefollowupquestionsaskforasummary
acrossallincidentsofeachtype.Forexampleiftheindividualwasavictimofsexualtouching

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Xgoesfrom1to9.Forexample,G[1]aisthefollowuptoquestionG1;G[2]aisthefollowuptoquestionG2,
etc.

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usingphysicalforce(G3)ontwooccasions,theitemswillaskforasummaryacrossboth
occasions.Upto2formswereadministeredforthoseindividualsthatreported2ormoretypes
ofassaults.Ifmorethantwotypesofassaultswerereported,thenthetoptwowereselected
usingthefollowingorder:1)G1G2(completedorattemptedpenetrationwithforce),2)G4
(penetrationwhenincapacitated),3)G3(sexualtouchingbyforce),4)G5(sexualtouchingby
incapacitation).
Thesecondgroupoffollowupswereadministeredforreportsofcoercion(G6,G7)and
lackofaffirmativeconsent(G8,G9;Attachment2:SectionGC).Ifarespondentreportsboth
coercionandlackofaffirmativeconsent,twoformswereadministered,oneforeachtype.

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SECTIONABACKGROUND

First,wedliketoaskyouafewquestionsaboutyourbackground.

A1. Howoldareyou?
[DROP DOWN LIST]
Under18
1829,bysingleyear
30+

[IF AGE =Under 18]

Wearesorrybutthesurveycanonlybecompletedbystudentswhoareatleast18yearsold.
Thankyouforyourinterestinourstudy.Weappreciateyourtime.
[EXIT SURVEY]

A2.

Whichofthefollowingbestdescribesyourcurrentstudentaffiliationwith
[University]?
Undergraduate[CONTINUE]
Graduate[GO TO A4]
Professional[GO TO A4]
[IF BLANK THEN GO TO A5]

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A3.

Whatisyourclassyearinschool?Answeronthebasisofthenumberofcreditsyou
haveearned.
Freshman[GO TO A5]
Sophomore[GO TO A5]
Junior[GO TO A5]
Senior[GO TO A5]
[IF BLANK THEN GO TO A5]

A4.

Whatyearareyouinyourprogram?Answeronthebasisofthenumberofyears
enrolledinthegraduateorprofessionalacademicprogram.
1styear
2ndyear
3rdyear
4thyear
5thyear
6thyearorhigher

A5.

Inwhichschoolat[University]areyouenrolled?Ifyouareenrolledinmorethanone
choosetheschoolthatyouconsideryourprimaryaffiliation(ex.mostcredits,college
ofmainadvisor).
[UNIVERSITY SPECIFIC LIST]

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A6.

Inwhatyeardidyoufirstenrollasastudentat[University]?
[DROP DOWN LIST]
Priorto1997
19972015bysingleyear

A7.

Doyoutakeallofyourcoursesonline?
Yes
No

A8.

AreyouHispanicorLatino?
Yes
No

A9.

Selectoneormoreofthefollowingracesthatbestdescribesyou:(Markallthatapply)
AmericanIndianorAlaskaNative
Asian
BlackorAfricanAmerican
NativeHawaiianorOtherPacificIslander
White

A10. AreyouaUScitizenorpermanentresident?
Yes
No

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A11.25 Whichbestdescribesyourgenderidentity?
Woman
Man
Transgenderwoman
Transgenderman
Genderqueerorgendernonconforming
Questioning
Notlisted
Declinetostate

A12.26 Doyouconsideryourselftobe:
Heterosexualorstraight
Gayorlesbian
Bisexual
Asexual
Questioning
Notlisted
Declinetostate

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ModifiedfromTheUniversityofOregonSexualViolenceandInstitutionalBehaviorCampusSurvey(2014).
Retrievedfromhttp://dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/campus/UO2014campussurveycontent.pdf

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Badgett,M.V."Bestpracticesforaskingquestionsaboutsexualorientationonsurveys."TheWilliams
Institute(2009)

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A13. Sinceyouhavebeenastudentat[University],haveyoubeeninanypartnered
relationships?Partneredrelationshipsinclude:

casualrelationshiporhookup

steadyorseriousrelationship

marriage,civilunion,domesticpartnershiporcohabitation

Yes
No

A14. Areyoucurrently
Nevermarried
Notmarriedbutlivingwithapartner
Married
Divorcedorseparated
Other

A15. Doyouhaveadisabilityregisteredwith[University]sDisabilityServicesorOfficeon
Disabilities?
Yes
No

A16. Sinceyouhavebeenastudentat[University],haveyoubeenamemberofor
participatedinanyofthefollowing?(Markallthatapply):
[UNIVERSITY SPECIFIC LIST]

A17. Whichofthefollowingbestdescribesyourlivingsituation?
[UNIVERSITY SPECIFIC LIST]

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SECTIONBPERCEPTIONSOFRISK
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Sexualassaultandsexualmisconductrefertoarangeofbehaviorsthatarenonconsensual
orunwanted.Thesebehaviorscouldincluderemarksaboutphysicalappearanceorpersistent
sexualadvances.Theyalsocouldincludethreatsofforcetogetsomeonetoengageinsexual
behaviorsuchasnonconsensualorunwantedtouching,sexualpenetration,oralsex,analsexor
attemptstoengageinthesebehaviors.Thesebehaviorscouldbeinitiatedbysomeoneknown
orunknown,includingsomeoneyouareinorhavebeeninarelationshipwith.

Thesenextquestionsaskaboutyourperceptionsrelatedtotherisksofexperiencingsexual
assaultorsexualmisconduct.
B1.

Howproblematicissexualassaultorsexualmisconductat[University]
Notatall
Alittle
Somewhat
Very
Extremely

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AdaptedfromFisher,B.S.,&SloanIII,J.J.(2003).Unravelingthefearofvictimizationamongcollegewomen:Is
theshadowofsexualassaulthypothesissupported?.JusticeQuarterly,20(3),633659.

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B2.

Howlikelydoyouthinkitisthatyouwillexperiencesexualassaultorsexual
misconductoncampus?
Notatall
Alittle
Somewhat
Very
Extremely

B3.

Howlikelydoyouthinkitisthatyouwillexperiencesexualassaultorsexual
misconductduringoffcampusuniversitysponsoredevents?
Notatall
Alittle
Somewhat
Very
Extremely

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SECTIONCRESOURCES

Thenextquestionsaskabouttheservicesandresourcesofferedbytheuniversityforthose
affectedbysexualassaultandsexualmisconduct.

C1.28 Areyouawareoftheservicesprovidedbythefollowing?(Markallthatapply)

[UNIVERSITY SPECIFIC LIST]

NoneoftheAbove

Howknowledgeableareyouabouteachofthefollowing:
C2a. Howknowledgeableareyouabouthowsexualassaultandsexualmisconductare
definedat[University]?
Notatall
Alittle
Somewhat
Very
Extremely

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Modifiedfrom#iSPEAK:RutgerCampusClimateSurvey.NewBrunswick,NJ:CenteronViolenceAgainstWomen
andChildren,SchoolofSocialWork,Rutgers,theStateUniversityofNewJersey.Receivedfrom
http://socialwork.rutgers.edu/Libraries/VAWC/new_doc_to_upload_for_ispeak.sflb.ashx

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C2b.29 Howknowledgeableareyouaboutwheretogethelpat[University]ifyouorafriend
experiencedsexualassaultorsexualmisconduct?
Notatall
Alittle
Somewhat
Very
Extremely

C2c.30 Howknowledgeableareyouaboutwheretomakeareportofsexualassaultorsexual
misconductat[University]?
Notatall
Alittle
Somewhat
Very
Extremely

29

ModifiedfromRankin&AssociatesConsulting.(2008).CarletonCollegeClimateAssessmentProject:Carleton
FinalReport.Retrievedfrom:https://apps.carleton.edu/governance/diversity/campus_climate_survey/results/

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Ibid.

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C2d. Howknowledgeableareyouaboutwhathappenswhenastudentreportsanincident
ofsexualassaultorsexualmisconductat[University]?
Notatall
Alittle
Somewhat
Very
Extremely

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SECTIONDHARASSMENT

3132

Thesenextquestionsaskaboutsituationsinwhichastudentat[University],orsomeone
employedbyorotherwiseassociatedwith[University]saidordidsomethingthat

D1.

interferedwithyouracademicorprofessionalperformance,

limitedyourabilitytoparticipateinanacademicprogram,or

createdanintimidating,hostileoroffensivesocial,academicorworkenvironment

Sinceyouhavebeenastudentat[University],hasastudent,orsomeoneemployedby
orotherwiseassociatedwith[University]madesexualremarksortoldjokesorstories
thatwereinsultingoroffensivetoyou?
Yes
Neverexperienced

Thesequestionsaskaboutsituationsinwhichsomeonesaidordidsomethingthat

interferedwithyouracademicorprofessionalperformance,

limitedyourabilitytoparticipateinanacademicprogram,or

createdanintimidating,hostileoroffensivesocial,academicorworkenvironment

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ModifiedfromLeskinen,E.A.,&Cortina,L.M.(2014)Dimensionsofdisrespect:Mappingandmeasuringgender
harassmentinorganizations.PsychologyofWomenQuarterly,38(1),107123.

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ModifiedfromTheUniversityofOregonSexualViolenceandInstitutionalBehaviorCampusSurvey(2014).
Retrievedfromhttp://dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/campus/UO2014campussurveycontent.pdf

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D2.

Sinceyouhavebeenastudentat[University],hasastudent,orsomeoneemployedby
orotherwiseassociatedwith[University]madeinappropriateoroffensivecomments
aboutyourorsomeoneelsesbody,appearanceorsexualactivities?
Yes,
Neverexperienced

Thesequestionsaskaboutsituationsinwhichsomeonesaidordidsomethingthat

D3.

interferedwithyouracademicorprofessionalperformance,

limitedyourabilitytoparticipateinanacademicprogram,or

createdanintimidating,hostileoroffensivesocial,academicorworkenvironment

Sinceyouhavebeenastudentat[University],hasastudent,orsomeoneemployedby
orotherwiseassociatedwith[University]saidcrudeorgrosssexualthingstoyouor
triedtogetyoutotalkaboutsexualmatterswhenyoudidntwantto?
Yes
Neverexperienced

Thesequestionsaskaboutsituationsinwhichsomeonesaidordidsomethingthat

interferedwithyouracademicorprofessionalperformance,

limitedyourabilitytoparticipateinanacademicprogram,or

createdanintimidating,hostileoroffensivesocial,academicorworkenvironment

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D4.

Sinceyouhavebeenastudentat[University],hasastudent,orsomeoneemployedby
orotherwiseassociatedwith[University]emailed,texted,tweeted,phoned,orinstant
messagedoffensivesexualremarks,jokes,stories,picturesorvideostoyouthatyou
didntwant?
Yes
Neverexperienced

Thesequestionsaskaboutsituationswheresomeonesaidordidsomethingthat

D5.

interferedwithyouracademicorprofessionalperformance,

limitedyourabilitytoparticipateinanacademicprogram,or

createdanintimidating,hostileoroffensivesocial,academicorworkenvironment

Sinceyouhavebeenastudentat[University],hasastudent,orsomeoneemployedby
orotherwiseassociatedwith[University]continuedtoaskyoutogoout,getdinner,
havedrinksorhavesexeventhoughyousaid,No?
Yes
Neverexperienced

BOX D1
IF YES TO ANY QUESTION D1 D5, CONTINUE
ELSE GO TO E1

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Yousaidthatthefollowinghappenedtoyousinceyouvebeenastudentat[University]:

D6.

[IF D1 = YES]Someonemadesexualremarksorjokesthatwereinsultingor
offensive

[IF D2 = YES]Someonemadeinappropriateoffensivecommentsaboutyouror
someoneelsesbody,appearanceorsexualactivities

[IF D3 = YES]Someonesaidcrudeorgrosssexualthingstoyouormade
unwelcomedattemptstogetyoutotalkaboutsexualmatters

[IF D4 = YES]Someoneemailed,texted,tweeted,phoned,orinstantmessaged
offensivesexualremarks,jokes,stories,picturesorvideostoyou

[IF D5 = YES]Someonecontinuedtoaskyoutogoout,getdinner,havedrinksor
havesexeventhoughyousaid,No

Howmanydifferentpeoplebehavedthisway?
1person
2persons
3ormorepersons

D7.

How(wastheperson/werethepersons)whobehaved(thisway/theseways)
associatedwith[University]?(Markallthatapply)
Student
Facultyorinstructor
Coachortrainer
Otherstafforadministrator
Otherpersonaffiliatedwithauniversityprogram(ex.internship,studyabroad)
Thepersonwasnotaffiliatedwith[University]
Dontknowassociationwith[University]

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D8.

Atthetimeof(thisevent/theseevents),what(wasthepersons/werethesepersons)
relationshiptoyou?(Markallthatapply)
Atthetime,itwassomeoneIwasinvolvedorintimatewith
SomeoneIhadbeeninvolvedorwasintimatewith
Teacheroradvisor
Coworker,bossorsupervisor
Friendoracquaintance
Stranger
Other
Dontknow

D9.

Sincethebeginningofthefall2014term,howmanytimeshassomeonebehavedthisway?
0times
1time
2times
35times
69times
10ormoretimes

D10. Sinceyouhavebeenastudentat[University]haveyoucontactedanyofthefollowing
about(thisexperience/anyoftheseexperiences)?(Markallthatapply)
[UNIVERSITY SPECIFIC LIST]
Noneoftheabove [GO TO D13]
[IF NO PROGRAM MARKED GO TO D13]

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BOX D2
IF D10= NONE OF THE ABOVE OR NO PROGRAM MARKED THEN GO TO D13
ELSE ADMINISTER ITEMS D11 AND D12 FOR EACH PROGRAM MARKED IN D10 (UP TO 10)

D11[AJ]. Whendidyoumostrecentlycontact[Program]about(thisexperience/these
experiences)?
Fallof2014present
Fallof2013Summerof2014
Fallof2012Summerof2013
PriortoFallof2012

D12[AJ].

Thinkingaboutthemostrecenttimeyoucontactedthem,howusefulwas
[Program]inhelpingyoudealwith(thisexperience/theseexperiences)?
Notatall
Alittle
Somewhat
Very
Extremely

BOX D3
IF MORE PROGRAMS MARKED IN D10 THEN RETURN TO BOX D2
ELSE GO TO D14

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D13. [IF NO PROGRAMS CONTACTED] Wereanyofthefollowingreasonswhyyoudidnot

contactanyoneat[University]?(Markallthatapply)
Didnotknowwheretogoorwhototell
Feltembarrassed,ashamedorthatitwouldbetooemotionallydifficult
Ididnotthinkanyonewouldbelieveme
Ididnotthinkitwasseriousenoughtoreport
Ididnotwantthepersontogetintotrouble
Ifearednegativesocialconsequences
Ididnotthinkanythingwouldbedone
Ifeareditwouldnotbekeptconfidential
Incidentwasnotoncampusorassociatedwiththeschool
Incidentdidnotoccurwhileattendingschool
Other

D14. Didyou(also)tellanyofthefollowingpersonsaboutthis?(Markallthatapply)
Friend
Familymember
Facultyorinstructor
Someoneelse
Ididnttellanyone(else)

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SECTIONESTALKING

333435

Thenextquestionsaskaboutinstanceswheresomeonebehavedinawaythatmadeyouafraid
foryourpersonalsafety.
E1.

Sinceyouhavebeenastudentat[University],hassomeonemadeunwantedphonecalls,
sentemails,voice,textorinstantmessages,orpostedmessages,picturesorvideoson
socialnetworkingsitesinawaythatmadeyouafraidforyourpersonalsafety?
Yes,
No [GO TO E2]
[IF BLANK GO TO E2]

E1a.

Didthesamepersondothistoyoumorethanoncesinceyouhavebeenastudentat
[University]?
Yes
No
Dontknow

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ModifiedfromBlack,M.C.,Basile,K.C.,Breiding,M.J.,Smith,S.G.,Walters,M.L.,Merrick,M.T.,Chen,J.,&
Stevens,M.R.(2011).TheNationalIntimatePartnerandSexualViolenceSurvey(NISVS):2010summaryreport.
Atlanta,GA:NationalCenterforInjuryPreventionandControl,CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention.

34

ModifiedfromCatalano,S.(2012).StalkingvictimsintheUnitesStatesrevised.(NCJ224527).
Washington,D.C.:U.S.DepartmentofJustice,OfficeofJusticePrograms,BureauofJusticeStatistics.

35

ModifiedfromTjaden,P.,&Thoennes,N.(1998).StakinginAmerica:FindingsformtheNationalViolence
AgainstWomenSurvey.(NCJ172837).Washington,D.C.:U.S.DepartmentofJustice,NationalInstituteofJustice
andU.S.DepartmentofHealthandHumanServices,CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention.

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E2.

Sinceyouhavebeenastudentat[University],hassomeoneshowedupsomewhereor
waitedforyouwhenyoudidnotwantthatpersontobethereinawaythatmadeyou
afraidforyourpersonalsafety?
Yes
No[GO TO E3]
[IF BLANK THEN GO TO E3]

E2a.

Didthesamepersondothistoyoumorethanoncesinceyouhavebeenastudentat
[University]?
Yes
No
DontKnow

E3.

Sinceyouhavebeenastudentat[University],hassomeonespiedon,watchedor
followedyou,eitherinpersonorusingdevicesorsoftwareinawaythatmadeyou
afraidforyourpersonalsafety?
Yes,
No [GO TO BOX E1]
[IF BLANK THEN GO TO BOX E1]

E3a.

Didthesamepersondothistoyoumorethanoncesinceyouhavebeenastudentat
[University]?
Yes
No
Dontknow

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BOX E1
IF REPORTED SAME PERSON DID THIS MORE THAN ONCE TO ANY OF THE THREE
TACTICS (E1a=yes or E2a=yes or E3a=yes), THEN GO TO E5
IF YES TO TWO OR MORE ITEMS E1E3, AND NO TO ALL ITEMS E1a & E2a & E3a, THEN GO
TO E4
IF NO TO ALL ITEMS E1E3, OR
IF YES TO EXACTLY 1 ITEM E1E3 AND NO OR BLANK TO ALL ITEMS E1a & E2a & E3a
THEN GO TO BOX F0

Yousaidthatthefollowinghappenedtoyousinceyouvebeenastudentat[University]:

E4.

[IF E1 = YES]Someonemadeunwantedphonecalls,sentemails,voice,textor
instantmessages,orpostedmessages,picturesorvideosonsocialnetworkingsites
inawaythatmadeyouafraidforyourpersonalsafety

[IF E2 = YES]Someoneshowedupsomewhereorwaitedforyouwhenyoudidnot
wantthatpersontobethereinawaythatmadeyouafraidforyourpersonalsafety

[IF E3 = YES]Someonespiedon,watchedorfollowedyoueitherinpersonorusing
devicesorsoftwareinawaythatmadeyouafraidforyourpersonalsafety

Didthesamepersondomorethanoneofthesetoyousinceyouhavebeenastudent
at[University]?
Yes[GO TO E5]
No[GO TO F1]
DontKnow[GO TO F1]

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Yousaidthatthefollowinghappenedtoyousinceyouvebeenastudentat[University]:

E5.

[IF E1 = YES]Someonemadeunwantedphonecalls,sentemails,voice,textor
instantmessages,orpostedmessages,picturesorvideosonsocialnetworkingsites
inawaythatmadeyouafraidforyourpersonalsafety

[IF E2 = YES]Someoneshowedupsomewhereorwaitedforyouwhenyoudidnot
wantthatpersontobethereinawaythatmadeyouafraidforyourpersonalsafety

[IF E3 = YES]Someonespiedon,watchedorfollowedyoueitherinpersonorusing
devicesorsoftwareinawaythatmadeyouafraidforyourpersonalsafety

How(istheperson/arethepersons)whodidthesethingstoyouassociatedwith
[University]?(Markallthatapply)
Student
Facultyorinstructor
Coachortrainer
Otherstafforadministrator
Otherpersonaffiliatedwithauniversityprogram(ex.internship,studyabroad)
Thepersonwasnotaffiliatedwith[University]
Dontknowassociationwith[University]

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E6.

Atthetimeoftheseevents,what(wastheperson's/werethepersons')relationshipto
you?(Markallthatapply)
Atthetime,itwassomeoneIwasinvolvedorintimatewith
SomeoneIhadbeeninvolvedorwasintimatewith
Teacheroradvisor
Coworker,bossorsupervisor
Friendoracquaintance
Stranger
Other
Dontknow

E7.

Sincethebeginningofthefall2014term,howmanytimeshaveyouhadanyofthese
experiences?
0times
1time
2times
35times
69times
10ormoretimes

E8.

Sinceyouhavebeenastudentat[UNIVERSITY],haveyoucontactedanyofthe
followingaboutanyoftheseexperiences?(Markallthatapply)
[UNIVERSITY SPECIFIC LIST]
Noneoftheabove[GO TO E11]
[IF NO PROGRAM MARKED GO TO E11]

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BOX E2
IF E8= NONE OF THE ABOVE OR NO PROGRAM MARKED THEN GO TO E11
ELSE ADMINISTER ITEMS E9 AND E10 FOR EACH PROGRAM MARKED IN E8 (UP TO 10)

E9[AJ].

Whendidyoumostrecentlycontact[Program]abouttheseexperiences?
Fallof2014present
Fallof2013Summerof2014
Fallof2012Summerof2013
PriortoFallof2012

E10[AJ]. Thinkingaboutthemostrecenttimeyoucontactedthem,howusefulwas
[Program]inhelpingyoudealwiththeseexperiences?
Notatall
Alittle
Somewhat
Very
Extremely

BOX E3
IF MORE PROGRAMS MARKED THEN RETURN TO BOX E2
ELSE SKIP TO E12

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E11.

Wereanyofthefollowingreasonswhyyoudidnotcontactanyoneat[University]?
(Markallthatapply)
Didnotknowwheretogoorwhototell
Feltembarrassed,ashamedorthatitwouldbetooemotionallydifficult
Ididnotthinkanyonewouldbelieveme
Ididnotthinkitwasseriousenoughtoreport
Ididnotwantthepersontogetintotrouble
Ifearednegativesocialconsequences
Ididnotthinkanythingwouldbedone
Ifeareditwouldnotbekeptconfidential
Incidentwasnotoncampusorassociatedwiththeschool
Incidentdidnotoccurwhileattendingschool
Other

E12.

Didyou(also)tellanyofthefollowingpersonsaboutthis?(Markallthatapply)
Friend
Familymember
Facultyorinstructor
Someoneelse
Ididnttellanyone(else)

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SECTIONFIPV/DV
36

BOX F0
IF A13 = YES (PRIOR RELATIONSHIP) GO TO F1
ELSE SKIP TO G1

Earlierinthesurveyyouindicatedthatyouhavebeeninapartneredrelationshipatleastpart
ofthetimesinceyouhavebeenastudentat[University].Peopletreattheirpartnerinmany
differentways.Thenextsectionasksyouquestionsaboutyourrelationshipwithyour
partner(s).Recallthatpartneredrelationshipsinclude:

F1.

casualrelationshiporhookup

steadyorseriousrelationship

marriage,civilunion,domesticpartnershiporcohabitation

Sinceyouhavebeenastudentat[University],hasapartnercontrolledortriedto
controlyou?Examplescouldbewhensomeone:

keptyoufromgoingtoclassesorpursuingyoureducationalgoals

didnotallowyoutoseeortalkwithfriendsorfamily

madedecisionsforyousuchas,whereyougoorwhatyouwearoreat

threatenedtooutyoutoothers

Yes
No

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ModifiedfromBlack,M.C.,Basile,K.C.,Breiding,M.J.,Smith,S.G.,Walters,M.L.,Merrick,M.T.,Chen,J.,&
Stevens,M.R.(2011).TheNationalIntimatePartnerandSexualViolenceSurvey(NISVS):2010summaryreport.
Atlanta,GA:NationalCenterforInjuryPreventionandControl,CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention.

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F2.

Sinceyouhavebeenastudentat[University],hasapartnerthreatenedtophysically
harmyou,someoneyoulove,orthemselves?
Yes
No

F3.

Sinceyouhavebeenastudentat[University],hasapartnerusedanykindofphysical
forceagainstyou?Examplescouldbewhensomeone

bentyourfingersorbityou

choked,slapped,punchedorkickedyou

hityouwithsomethingotherthanafist

attackedyouwithaweapon,orotherwisephysicallyhurtorinjuredyou

Yes
No

BOX F1
IF F1=YES OR F2=YES OR F3=YES, THEN GO TO F4
ELSE GO TO G1

Yousaidthatthefollowinghappenedtoyousinceyouvebeenastudentat[University]:

[IF F1 = YES]Apartnercontrolledortriedtocontrolyou

[IF F2 = YES]Apartnerthreatenedtophysicallyharmyouorsomeoneyoulove

[IF F3 = YES]Apartnerusedphysicalforceagainstyou

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F4.

Howmanydifferentpartnerstreatedyouthisway?
1partner
2partners
3ormorepartners

F5.

Wereyouphysicallyinjuredasaresultof(thisincident/anyoftheseincidents)?
Yes
No[GO TO F7]
[IF BLANK THEN GO TO F7]

F6.

Didyoueverseekmedicalattentionasaresultof(thisincident/anyoftheseincidents)?
Yes
No

F7.

Sincethebeginningofthefall2014term,howmanytimeshaveyou(hadthis
experience/hadanyoftheseexperiences)?
0times
1time
2times
35times
69times
10ormoretimes

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F8.

Sinceyouhavebeenastudentat[University],haveyoucontactedanyofthe
followingabout(thisexperience/anyoftheseexperiences)?(Markallthatapply)
[UNIVERSITY SPECIFIC LIST]
Noneoftheabove[GO TO F11]
[IF NO PROGRAM MARKED GO TO F11]

BOX F2
IF F8= NONE OF THE ABOVE OR NO PROGRAM MARKED THEN GO TO F11
ELSE ADMINISTER ITEMS F9 AND F10 FOR EACH PROGRAM MARKED IN F8 (UP TO 10)

F9[AJ]. Whendidyoumostrecentlycontact[Program]about(thisexperience/these
experiences)?
Fallof2014present
Fallof2013Summerof2014
Fallof2012Summerof2013
PriortoFallof2012

F10[AJ]. Thinkingaboutthemostrecenttimeyoucontactedthem,howusefulwas
[Program]inhelpingyoudealwith(thisexperience/theseexperiences)?
Notatall
Alittle
Somewhat
Very
Extremely

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BOX F3
IF F8= NO PROGRAM MARKED THEN CONTINUE TO F11
ELSE SKIP TO F12

F11.

[IF NO PROGRAMS CONTACTED]Wereanyofthefollowingreasonswhyyoudidnot

contactanyoneat[University]?(Markallthatapply)
Didnotknowwheretogoorwhototell
Feltembarrassed,ashamedorthatitwouldbetooemotionallydifficult
Ididnotthinkanyonewouldbelieveme
Ididnotthinkitwasseriousenoughtoreport
Ididnotwantthepersontogetintotrouble
Ifearednegativesocialconsequences
Ididnotthinkanythingwouldbedone
Ifeareditwouldnotbekeptconfidential
Incidentwasnotoncampusorassociatedwiththeschool
Incidentdidnotoccurwhileattendingschool
Other

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F12.

Didyou(also)tellanyofthefollowingpersonsaboutthis?(Markallthatapply)
Friend
Familymember
Facultyorinstructor
Someoneelse
Ididnttellanyone(else)

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SECTIONGSVSCREENER
3738

______________________________________________________________________________
Thisnextsectionasksaboutnonconsensualorunwantedsexualcontactyoumayhave
experiencedwhileattending[University].Thepersonwithwhomyouhadthenonconsensualor
unwantedcontactcouldhavebeensomeoneyouknow,suchassomeoneyouarecurrentlyor
wereinarelationshipwith,acoworker,aprofessor,orafamilymember.Oritcouldbe
someoneyoudonotknow.
Thefollowingquestionsseparatelyaskaboutcontactthatoccurredbecauseofphysicalforce,
incapacitationduetoalcoholordrugs,andothertypesofpressure.

Thefirstfewquestionsaskaboutincidentsthatinvolvedforceorthreatsofforceagainstyou.
Forcecouldincludesomeoneholdingyoudownwithhisorherbodyweight,pinningyourarms,
hittingorkickingyou,orusingorthreateningtouseaweaponagainstyou.
G1.

Sinceyouhavebeenattending[University],hassomeoneusedphysicalforceor
threatsofphysicalforcetodothefollowingwithyou:

Sexualpenetration.Whenonepersonputsapenis,fingers,orobjectinside
someoneelsesvaginaoranus,or

Oralsex.Whensomeonesmouthortonguemakescontactwithsomeoneelses
genitals

Yes[GO TO Attachment 1]

No

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ModifiedfromKrebs.,C.P.,Lindquist,C.H.,Warner,T.D.,Fisher,B.S.,&Martin,S.L.(2007).TheCampusSexual
Assault(CSA)StudyFinalReport.Retrievedfrom:https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/221153.pdf

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ModifiedfromKoss,M.P.,Abbey,A.,Campbell,R.,Cook,S.,Norris,J.,Testa,M.,...&White,J.(2007).Revising
theSES:Acollaborativeprocesstoimproveassessmentofsexualaggressionandvictimization.Psychologyof
WomenQuarterly,31(4),357370.

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G2.

Sinceyouhavebeenattending[University],hassomeoneusedphysicalforceorthreatsof
physicalforceinanunsuccessfulattempttodoanyofthefollowingwithyou:

Sexualpenetration.Whenonepersonputsapenis,finger,orobjectinside
someoneelsesvaginaoranus

Oralsex.Whensomeonesmouthortonguemakescontactwithsomeoneelses
genitals

Yes[GO TO Attachment 1]
No

G3.

Sinceyouhavebeenattending[University],hassomeoneusedphysicalforceor
threatsofphysicalforcetodoanyofthefollowingwithyou:

kissing

touchingsomeonesbreast,chest,crotch,groinorbuttocks

grabbing,gropingorrubbingagainsttheotherinasexualway,evenifthe
touchingisovertheothersclothes

Yes[GO TO Attachment 1]
No

Thenextquestionsaskaboutincidentswhenyouwereunabletoconsentorstopwhatwas
happeningbecauseyouwerepassedout,asleep,orincapacitatedduetodrugsoralcohol.
Pleaseincludeincidentsevenifyouarenotsurewhathappened.

G4. Sinceyouhavebeenattending[University],hasanyofthefollowinghappenedtoyou
whileyouwereunabletoconsentorstopwhatwashappeningbecauseyouwere
passedout,asleeporincapacitatedduetodrugsoralcohol:

Sexualpenetration.Whenonepersonputsapenis,finger,orobjectinside
someoneelsesvaginaoranus

Oralsex.Whensomeonesmouthortonguemakescontactwithsomeoneelses
genitals

Yes[GO TO Attachment 1]
No

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G5.

Sinceyouhavebeenattending[University],hasanyofthefollowinghappenedtoyou
whileyouwereunabletoconsentorstopwhatwashappeningbecauseyouwere
passedout,asleeporincapacitatedduetodrugsoralcohol:

kissing

touchingsomeonesbreast,chest,crotch,groin,orbuttocks

grabbing,gropingorrubbingagainsttheotherinasexualway,evenifthe
touchingisovertheothersclothes

Yes[GO TO Attachment 1]
No

Thenextquestionsaskaboutincidentswhensomeonecoercedyoubythreateningseriousnon
physicalharmorpromisingrewards.
G6.

Sinceyouhavebeenastudentat[University],hassomeonehadcontactwithyou
involvingpenetrationororalsexbythreateningseriousnonphysicalharmor
promisingrewardssuchthatyoufeltyoumustcomply?Examplesinclude:

Threateningtogiveyoubadgradesorcausetroubleforyouatwork

Promisinggoodgradesorapromotionatwork

Threateningtosharedamaginginformationaboutyouwithyourfamily,friendsor
authorityfigures

Threateningtopostdamaginginformationaboutyouonline

Yes[GO TO Attachment 1]
No

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G7.

Sinceyouhavebeenastudentat[University],hassomeonehadcontactwithyou
involvingkissingorothersexualtouchingbythreateningseriousnonphysicalharmor
promisingrewardssuchthatyoufeltyoumustcomply?Examplesinclude:

Threateningtogiveyoubadgradesorcausetroubleforyouatwork

Promisegoodgradesorapromotionatwork

Threateningtosharedamaginginformationaboutyouwithyourfamily,friendsor
authorityfigures

Threateningtopostdamaginginformationaboutyouonline

Yes[GO TO Attachment 1]
No

Thenextquestionsaskaboutincidentsthatoccurredwithoutyouractive,ongoingvoluntary
agreement.
G8.39 Sinceyouhavebeenastudentat[University],hassomeonehadcontactwithyou
involvingpenetrationororalsexwithoutyouractive,ongoingvoluntaryagreement?
Examplesincludesomeone:

initiatingsexualactivitydespiteyourrefusal

ignoringyourcuestostoporslowdown

wentaheadwithoutcheckinginorwhileyouwerestilldeciding

otherwisefailedtoobtainyourconsent

Yes[GO TO Attachment 1]
No

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IncorporateaffirmativeconsentasatacticfromtheAAUandCOFHEschoolsaffirmativeconsentpolicies.

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G9.40 Sinceyouhavebeenastudentat[University],hassomeonekissedorsexuallytouched
youwithoutyouractive,ongoingvoluntaryagreement?Examplesinclude:

initiatingsexualactivitydespiteyourrefusal

ignoringyourcuestostoporslowdown

wentaheadwithoutcheckinginorwhileyouwerestilldeciding

otherwisefailedtoobtainyourconsent

Yes[GO TO Attachment 1]
No

BOX G1
ONCE THE ENTIRE G SECTION (G1G9) HAS BEEN ANSWERED THEN DO
IF ANY OF G1G9 = YES THEN GO TO ATTACHMENT 2
ELSE GO TO BOX H0

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Ibid.

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SECTIONHSEXUALMISCONDUCTPREVENTION
TRAINING
41

BOX H0

ADMINISTER SECTION H ONLY IF A6=2014 or 2015

ELSE SKIP TO I1.

H1. Thinkbacktotheorientationwhenyoufirstcameto[University].Didthatorientation
includeatrainingorinformationsessionaboutsexualassaultorsexualmisconduct?

Yes
No[GOTOI1]
Ididntattendorientation[GOTOI1]
Idontremember[GOTOI1]
[IFBLANKTHEN[IFBLANKTHENGOTOI1]

H2.

Overall,howusefulwasthissession?
Notatall
Alittle
Somewhat
Very
Extremely

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ModifiedfromWhiteHouseTaskForcetoProtectStudentsFromSexualAssault.(2014).NotAlone:Thefirst
reportoftheWhiteHouseTaskForcetoProtectStudentsfromsexualassault.Retrievedfrom
https://www.notalone.gov/assets/ovwclimatesurvey.pdf.

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SECTIONIPERCEPTIONSOFRESPONSESTO
REPORTING
4243

Thefollowingarestatementsaboutwhatmighthappenifsomeoneweretoreportasexual
assaultorsexualmisconducttoanofficialat[University].Pleaseusethescaleprovidedto
indicatehowlikelyyouthinkeachscenariois.
I1.

Ifsomeoneweretoreportasexualassaultorsexualmisconducttoanofficialat
[University],howlikelyisitthatstudentswouldsupportthepersonmakingthereport?
Notatall
Alittle
Somewhat
Very
Extremely

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ModifiedfromWhiteHouseTaskForcetoProtectStudentsFromSexualAssault.(2014).NotAlone:Thefirst
reportoftheWhiteHouseTaskForcetoProtectStudentsfromsexualassault.Retrievedfrom
https://www.notalone.gov/assets/ovwclimatesurvey.pdf.

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ModifiedfromMcMahon,S.(2014).#iSPEAK:RutgerCampusClimateSurvey.NewBrunswick,NJ:Centeron
ViolenceAgainstWomenandChildren,SchoolofSocialWork,Rutgers,theStateUniversityofNewJersey.
Retrievedfromhttp://socialwork.rutgers.edu/Libraries/VAWC/new_doc_to_upload_for_ispeak.sflb.ashx

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I2.

Ifsomeoneweretoreportasexualassaultorsexualmisconducttoanofficialat
[University],howlikelyisitthattheallegedoffender(s)ortheirassociateswould
retaliateagainstthepersonmakingthereport?
Notatall
Alittle
Somewhat
Very
Extremely

I3.

Ifsomeoneweretoreportasexualassaultorsexualmisconducttoanofficialat
[University],howlikelyisitthatcampusofficialswouldtakethereportseriously?
Notatall
Alittle
Somewhat
Very
Extremely

I4.

Ifsomeoneweretoreportasexualassaultorsexualmisconducttoanofficialat
[University],howlikelyisitthatcampusofficialswouldprotectthesafetyoftheperson
makingthereport?
Notatall
Alittle
Somewhat
Very
Extremely

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I5.

Ifsomeoneweretoreportasexualassaultorsexualmisconducttoanofficialat
[University],howlikelyisitthatcampusofficialswouldconductafairinvestigation?
Notatall
Alittle
Somewhat
Very
Extremely

I6.

Ifsomeoneweretoreportasexualassaultorsexualmisconducttoanofficialat
[University],howlikelyisitthatcampusofficialswouldtakeactionagainstthe
offender(s)?
Notatall
Alittle
Somewhat
Very
Extremely

I7.

Ifsomeoneweretoreportasexualassaultorsexualmisconducttoanofficialat
[University],howlikelyisitthatcampusofficialswouldtakeactiontoaddressfactors
thatmayhaveledtothesexualassaultorsexualmisconduct?
Notatall
Alittle
Somewhat
Very
Extremely

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SECTIONJBYSTANDERBEHAVIOR
4445

Thenextquestionsareaboutsituationsyoumayhaveseenorbeeninsinceyouhavebeena
studentat[University]
J1.

Sinceyouhavebeenastudentat[University]haveyoususpectedthatafriendhad
beensexuallyassaulted.
Yes[CONTINUE]
No[GOTOJ3]
[IF BLANK GO TO J3]

J2.

Thinkingaboutthelasttimethishappened,whatdidyoudo?
DidnothingbecauseIwasntsurewhattodo
Didnothingforanotherreason
Spoketomyfriendorsomeoneelsetoseekhelp
Tookactioninanotherway

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ModifiedfromBanyard,V.L.,Moynihan,M.M.,Cares,A.C.,&Warner,R.(2014).
Howdoweknowifitworks?:Measuringoutcomesinbystanderfocusedabusepreventiononcampuses.
PsychologyofViolence,4(1),101115.

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McMahon,S.(2014).#iSPEAK:RutgerCampusClimateSurvey.NewBrunswick,NJ:CenteronViolenceAgainst
WomenandChildren,SchoolofSocialWork,Rutgers,theStateUniversityofNewJersey.Retrievedfrom
http://socialwork.rutgers.edu/Libraries/VAWC/new_doc_to_upload_for_ispeak.sflb.ashx

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J3.

Sinceyouhavebeenastudentat[University]haveyouseenadrunkpersonheading
offforwhatlookedlikeasexualencounter?
Yes[CONTINUE]
No[GOTOJ5]

J4.

[IF BLANK THEN GO TO J5]

Thinkingaboutthelasttimethishappened,whatdidyoudo?
DidnothingbecauseIwasntsurewhattodo
Didnothingforanotherreason
Directlyintervenedtostopit
Spoketosomeoneelsetoseekhelp
Tookactioninanotherway

J5.

Sinceyouhavebeenastudentat[University]haveyouseenorheardsomeonewas
actinginasexuallyviolentorharassingway?
Yes[CONTINUE]
No[GOTOK1]
[IF BLANK THEN GO TO K1]

J6.

Thinkingaboutthelasttimethishappened,whatdidyoudo?
DidnothingbecauseIwasntsurewhattodo
Didnothingforanotherreason
Directlyintervenedtostopit
Spoketosomeoneelsetoseekhelp
Tookactioninanotherway

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SECTIONKDEBRIEFINGITEM

Thenextquestionasksforyouropinionaboutthissurvey.
K1.

Howdifficultwerethequestionstounderstand?
Notatall
Alittle
Somewhat
Very
Extremely

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ATTACHMENT1SECTIONG1:IMMEDIATE
FOLLOWUPS

BOX G1_1
IF G[X]=Yes THEN CONTINUE TO G[X]a

ELSE SKIP TO NEXT ITEM IN SECTION G

G[X]a. Sinceyouhavebeenastudentat[University],howmanytimeshasthishappened?
1. 1time
2. 2times
3. 3times
4. 4ormoretimes

BOX G1_2
ADMINISTER G1B AND G1C FOR EACH INCIDENT REPORTED IN G1A, UP TO 4 TIMES
IF G1A IS BLANK THEN ADMINISTER G1B AND G1C ONCE

Yousaidthatthefollowingoccurred(1/2/3/4ormore)time(s):

[INCIDENTSUMMARY]

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G[X]b. Whendid(this/the(second/third/fourth)mostrecent)incident(ofthistype)occur?
1. Sincethebeginningofthefall2014term[GO TO NEXT BOX]
2. Priortothefall2014term[GO TO G1c]
[IF BLANK GO TO BOX G1_2]

G[X]c. [IF G1b = 2] Inwhatschoolyeardiditoccur?

1. Fall2013toSummer2014
2. Fall2012toSummer2013
3. Fall2011toSummer2012
4. PriortoFallof2011
5. ItoccurredbeforeIwasastudentat[University][GO TO BOX G1_2]
[IF BLANK GO TO BOX G1_2]

BOX G1_3
IF TIME PERIOD REPORTED IN G[X]B AND G[X]C IS THE SAME AS TIME PERIOD
REPORTED IN PREVIOUS G ITEM FOLLOWUP, THEN GO TO G[X]D
ELSE RETURN TO G[X]B FOR NEXT INCIDENT REPORTED IN G[X]A
IF NO MORE INCIDENTS THEN GO TO NEXT G ITEM

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G[X]d. Wasthispartof(theotherincident/anyoftheotherincidents)youreportedas
occurring(duringthe)(Timeperiod)(schoolyear)?
1.

Yes[GOTOG2e]

2.

No[GOTONEXTBOX]

[IFBLANKTHENGOTONEXTBOX]

G[X]e. [IFG[X]d=Yes]Wasitpartofanyofthefollowingincidentsyoureportedearlier?
[LISTPRIORANSWERSTHATOCCURREDDURINGSAMETIMEPERIOD]
1.

[IFG[X]TIMEPERIOD=G1TIMEPERIOD]Penetrationororalsexinvolving
physicalforceorthreatsofphysicalforce

2.

[IFG[X]TIMEPERIOD=G2TIMEPERIOD]Attemptedbutnotsuccessful
penetrationororalsexinvolvingphysicalforceorthreatsofphysicalforce

3.

[IFG[X]TIMEPERIOD=G3TIMEPERIOD]Sexualtouchinginvolvingphysicalforce
orthreatsofphysicalforce

4.

[IFG[X]TIMEPERIOD=G4TIMEPERIOD]Penetrationororalsexwhenyouwere
unabletoconsentorunabletostopwhatwashappening

5.

[IFG[X]TIMEPERIOD=G5TIMEPERIOD]Sexualtouchingwhenyouwereunable
toconsentorunabletostopwhatwashappening

6.

[IFG[X]TIMEPERIOD=G6TIMEPERIOD]Penetrationororalsexwhenyouwere
coercedbythreatsofseriousnonphysicalharmorpromisedrewards

7.

[IFG[X]TIMEPERIOD=G7TIMEPERIOD]Sexualtouchingwhenyouwere
coercedbythreatsofseriousnonphysicalharmorpromisedrewards

8.

[IFG[X]TIMEPERIOD=G8TIMEPERIOD]Penetrationororalsexwithoutyour
activeongoingconsent

9.

Noneoftheabove

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BOX G1_4
IF G[X]A = 4 or more times AND ALL G[X]C=since fall 2014 THEN CONTINUE TO G[X]F
ELSE RETURN TO G[X]B FOR NEXT INCIDENT REPORTED IN G[X]A
IF NO MORE INCIDENTS THEN GO TO NEXT G ITEM

G2f.

Yousaidthatthishappenedothertimesaswell.Didanyoftheseotherincidentsalso
occursincethebeginningforthefall2014term?
Yes
No

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ATTACHMENT2SECTIONSGA&GC:SUMMARY
DETAILEDINCIDENTFORMS
4647

SectionGADetailedIncidentForm(DIF)forG1G5

BOX GA0
IF ALL ITEMS G1 G5 = NO THEN SKIP TO BOX GC0
ELSE CONTINUE TO BOX GA1
BOX GA1
Section GA administered UP TO 2 TIMES based on incidents reported in items G1G5
The FIRST DIF will reference the MOST SERIOUS TYPE of incident reported
The SECOND DIF will reference the SECOND MOST SERIOUS TYPE of incident reported
The following are the 4 INCIDENT TYPES reported in G1G5, (listed from most serious to
least serious):
GA Type 1: G1 and/or G2 (Forcible rape and/or Attempted forcible rape)
GA Type 2: G4 (Rape by incapacitation)
GA Type 3: G3 (Forcible sexual touching)
GA Type 4: G5 (Sexual touching by incapacitation)

Yousaidthatthefollowinghappenedtoyousinceyouhavebeenastudentat[University]:

[SUMMARYOFREFERENCEINCIDENT(S)]

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ModifiedfromBlack,M.C.,Basile,K.C.,Breiding,M.J.,Smith,S.G.,Walters,M.L.,Merrick,M.T.,Chen,J.,&
Stevens,M.R.(2011).TheNationalIntimatePartnerandSexualViolenceSurvey(NISVS):2010summaryreport.
Atlanta,GA:NationalCenterforInjuryPreventionandControl,CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention.

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Modifiedfromthe20122013NationalCrimeVictimizationSurvey(NCVS).

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Thenextquestionsaskaboutwhathappened(when/duringanyofthetimes)thishappened
toyousinceyouhavebeenastudentat[University].
GA1. (Intotal,acrossalloftheseincidents)(How/how)manypeopledidthistoyou?
1person[GOTOGA2a]
2persons[SKIPTOGA2b]
3ormorepersons[SKIPTOGA2b]
[IFBLANKSKIPTOGA2b]

GA2a. [IF 1 PERSON] Wasthepersonthatdidthistoyou

Male
Female
Othergenderidentity
Dontknow
[FOR ANY RESPONSE OR IF BLANK SKIP TO GA3]

GA2b. [IF >1 PERSON] Wereanyofthepeoplethatdidthistoyou

Male
Female
Othergenderidentity

Yes
Yes
Yes

No
No
No

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DontKnow
DontKnow
DontKnow

GA2c. Whattypeofnonconsensualorunwantedbehavioroccurredduring(thisincident/any
oftheseincidents)?(Markallthatapply)
Penis,fingersorobjectsinsidesomeonesvaginaoranus
Mouthortonguemakescontactwithanothersgenitals
Kissed
Touchedbreast,chest,crotch,groinorbuttocks

Grabbed,gropedorrubbedinasexualway
Other

GA3. How(istheperson/arethepersons)whodidthistoyouassociatedwith[University]?
(Markallthatapply)
Student
Facultyorinstructor
Coachortrainer

Otherstafforadministrator
Otherpersonaffiliatedwithauniversityprogram(ex.internship,studyabroad)
Thepersonwasnotaffiliatedwith[University]
Dontknowassociationwith[University]

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GA4. Atthetimeof(thisevent/theseevents),what(wasthepersons/werethese
persons)relationshiptoyou?(Markallthatapply)
Atthetime,itwassomeoneIwasinvolvedorintimatewith
SomeoneIhadbeeninvolvedorwasintimatewith
Teacheroradvisor
Coworker,bossorsupervisor

Friendoracquaintance
Stranger
Other
Dontknow

GA5. Justpriorto(theincident/anyoftheseincidents),(was/were)(theperson/anyofthe
persons)whodidthistoyoudrinkingalcohol?
Yes
No
Dontknow

GA6. Justpriorto(theincident/anyoftheseincidents),(was/were)(theperson/anyofthe
persons)whodidthistoyouusingdrugs?
Yes
No
Dontknow

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GA7. Justpriorto(theincident/anyoftheseincidents)wereyoudrinkingalcohol?Keepinmind

thatyouareinnowayresponsibleforwhatoccurred,evenifyouhadbeendrinking.
Yes
No

GA8. Justpriorto(theincident/anyoftheseincidents)didyouvoluntarilytakeanydrugs?
Keepinmindthatyouareinnowayresponsibleforwhatoccurred,evenifyouhad
beenondrugs.
Yes
No

GA9. Justpriorto(theincident/anyoftheseincidents),hadyoubeengivenalcoholor
anotherdrugwithoutyourknowledgeorconsent?
Yes,Iamcertain
Isuspect,butIamnotcertain
No
Dontknow

BOX GA2

IF GA7=YES or GA8=YES or GA9 = YES or I SUSPECT, THEN CONTINUE TO GA10.

OTHERWISE SKIP TO BOX GA3

GA10. Wereyoupassedoutforallorpartsof(thisincident/anyoftheseincidents)?
Yes
No
Notsure

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BOX GA3

IF MORE THAN ONE INCIDENT IN G[X]A OR IF DK NUMBER OF TIMES
THEN SKIP TO GA11b

OTHERWISE CONTINUE TO GA11a

GA11a. [IF G[X]A=1 TIME]Didthisincidentoccurduringanacademicbreakorrecess?

Yes
No

GA11b. [IF G[X]A>1 TIME]Howmanyoftheseincidentsoccurredduringanacademicbreak

orrecess?
None
Some
All

GA12. Did(thisincident/anyoftheseincidents)occuroncampusoronuniversityaffiliated
offcampusproperty?
Yes[CONTINUE TO GA13a]
No[SKIP TO GA13b]
[IF BLANK THEN SKIP TO GA13b]

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GA13a. [IF GA12=Yes]Wheredid(thisincident/theseincidents)occur?(Markallthatapply)

Universityresidencehall/dorm
FraternityorSororityhouse
Otherspaceusedbyasinglesexstudentsocialorganization
Otherresidentialhousing
Nonresidentialbuilding
Otherproperty(ex.outdoors)
[FOR ANY RESPONSE OR IF BLANK SKIP TO GA14]

GA13b. [IF GA12=No]Wheredidthis(incident/theseincidents)occur?(Markallthatapply)

Privateresidence
FraternityorSororityhouse
Otherspaceusedbyasinglesexstudentsocialorganization
Restaurant,barorclub
Othersocialvenue
Outdoororrecreationalspace
Someotherplace

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GA14. Didanyofthefollowinghappentoyoufrom(thisexperience/anyofthese
experiences)?(Markallthatapply)
Physicallyinjured,[CONTINUE TO GA14a]
Contractedasexuallytransmitteddisease[SKIP TO GA15]
Becamepregnant[SKIP TO GA15]
Noneoftheabove[SKIP TO GA15]
[IF BLANK THEN SKIP TO GA15]

GA14a. Whatsortofinjuryorinjuriesdidyousustain(Markallthatapply)
Bruises,blackeye,cuts,scratchesorswelling
Chippedorknockedoutteeth
Brokenbones
Internalinjuryfromthesexualcontact(ex.,vaginaloranaltearing)
Otherinjuries

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GA15. Didyouexperienceanyofthefollowingasaresultof(theincident/anyofthe
incidents)?(Markallthatapply)
Difficultyconcentratingonstudies,assignmentsorexams
Fearfulnessorbeingconcernedaboutsafety
Lossofinterestindailyactivities,orfeelingsofhelplessnessandhopelessness
Nightmaresortroublesleeping
Feelingnumbordetached
Headachesorstomachaches
Eatingproblemsordisorders
Increaseddrugoralcoholuse
Noneoftheabove

GA16. Haveyouevercontactedanyofthefollowingabout(thisexperience/these
experiences)?(Markallthatapply)
[UNIVERSITY SPECIFIC LIST]
Noneoftheabove[GO TO GA17]
[IF NO PROGRAMS MARKED GO TO GA17]

BOX GA4
IF NO PROGRAM MARKED, GO TO GA17
ELSE ASK GA16aGA16f FOR THE FIRST 4 PROGRAMS SELECTED IN GA16

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GA16a. Whendidyoumostrecentlycontact[Program]aboutthisexperience?
Fallof2014present[CONTINUE TO GA16b]
Fallof2013Summerof2014[SKIP TO BOX GA4B]
Fallof2012Summerof2013[SKIP TO BOX GA4B]
PriortoFall2012[SKIP TO BOX GA4B]
[IF BLANK THEN CONTINUE TO GA16b]

GA16b. Howusefulwas[Program]inhelpingyou?
Notatall
Alittle
Somewhat
Very
Extremely

GA16c. Atanytimedidyoufeelpressurefrom[Program]onwhetherornottoproceed
withfurtherreportingoradjudication?
Yes
No[SKIP TO GA16e]
[IF BLANK THEN SKIP TO GA16e]

GA16d. [IF GA16C=Yes]Whattypeofpressure?

Toproceedwithfurtherreportingoradjudication
Tonotproceedwithfurtherreportingoradjudication

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Howwouldyourate[Program]onthefollowingcriteria?
GA16e. Respectingyou
Excellent
Verygood
Good
Fair
Poor

GA16f.

Helpingyouunderstandyouroptionsgoingforward
Excellent
Verygood
Good
Fair
Poor

BOX GA5
IF GA16 = NO PROGRAMS MARKED, THEN CONTINUE
IF MORE PROGRAMS MARKED THEN RETURN TO BOX GA4
ELSE SKIP TO GA18

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GA17. [IF NO PROGRAMS CONTACTED] Wereanyofthefollowingreasonswhyyoudidnot

contactanyoneat[University]?(Markallthatapply)
Didnotknowwheretogoorwhototell
Feltembarrassed,ashamedorthatitwouldbetooemotionallydifficult
Ididnotthinkanyonewouldbelieveme
Ididnotthinkitwasseriousenoughtoreport
Ididnotwantthepersontogetintotrouble
Ifearednegativesocialconsequences
Ididnotthinkanythingwouldbedone
Ifeareditwouldnotbekeptconfidential
Incidentwasnotoncampusorassociatedwiththeschool
Incidentdidnotoccurwhileattendingschool
Other

GA18. Whichofthefollowingpersons,ifany,didyou(also)tellaboutthis?(Markallthatapply)
Friend
Familymember
Facultyorinstructor
Someoneelse
Ididnttellanyone(else)

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BOX GA6
IF THIS IS THE FIRST DIF FOR SECTION GA AND THERE IS ANOTHER INCIDENT THEN
RETURN TO BOX GA1
ELSE GO TO BOX GC0

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SectionGCDetailedIncidentForm(DIF)forG6G9

BOX GC0
IF ALL ITEMS G6 G9 = NO THEN SKIP TO BOX H1
ELSE CONTINUE TO BOX GC1

BOX GC1
Section GC is administered UP TO 2 TIMES based on incidents reported in items G6G9
The FIRST DIF will reference the MOST SERIOUS TYPE of incident reported
The SECOND DIF will reference the SECOND MOST SERIOUS TYPE of incident reported
The following are the 2 INCIDENT TYPES reported in G6G9, (listed from most serious to
least serious):
GC Type 1: G6 and/or G7 (Sex and/or Sexual touching by Coercion)
GC Type 2: G8 and/or G9 (Sex and/or Sexual touching without Affirmative Consent)

Yousaidthatthefollowinghappenedtoyousinceyouhavebeenastudentat[University]

[SUMMARYOFREFERENCEINCIDENT(S)]

Thenextquestionsaskaboutwhathappened(when/duringanyofthetimes)thishappened
toyousinceyouhavebeenastudentat[University].
GC1. (Intotal,acrossalloftheseincidents)(H/h)owmanypeopledidthistoyou?
1person[GO TO GC2a]
2persons[GO TO GC2b]
3ormorepersons[GO TO GC2b]
[IF BLANK THEN GO TO GC2b]

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GC2a. [IF 1 PERSON]Wasthepersonthatdidthistoyou

Male
Female
Othergenderidentity
Dontknow
[FOR ANY RESPONSE OR IF BLANK THEN SKIP TO GC2c]

GC2b. [If >1 PERSON] Wereanyofthepeoplethatdidthistoyou

Male
Female
Othergenderidentity

Yes
Yes
Yes

No
No
No

DontKnow
DontKnow
DontKnow

GC2c. Whattypeofnonconsensualorunwantedbehavioroccurredduring(thisincident/any
oftheseincidents)?(Markallthatapply)
Penis,fingersorobjectsinsidesomeonesvaginaoranus
Mouthortonguemakescontactwithanothersgenitals
Kissed
Touchedbreast/chest,crotch/groinorbuttocks,

Grabbed,gropedorrubbedinasexualway
Other

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GC3. How(istheperson/arethepersons)whodidthistoyouassociatedwith[University]?
(Markallthatapply)
Student
Facultyorinstructor
Coachortrainer
Otherstafforadministrator
Otherpersonaffiliatedwithauniversityprogram(ex.,internship,studyabroad)
Thepersonwasnotaffiliatedwith[University]
Dontknowassociationwith[University]

GC4. Atthetimeof(thisevent/theseevents),what(wasthepersons/werethesepersons)
relationshiptoyou?(Markallthatapply)
Atthetime,itwassomeoneIwasinvolvedorintimatewith
SomeoneIhadbeeninvolvedorwasintimatewith
Teacheroradvisor
Coworker,boss,orsupervisor

Friendoracquaintance
Stranger
Other
Dontknow

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BOX GC2
IF REFERENCE INCIDENT FOR THIS DIF IS G8 OR G9, THEN GO TO G5
IF THIS IS THE FIRST DIF FOR SECTION GC AND THERE IS ANOTHER INCIDENT THEN
RETURN TO BOX GC1
ELSE GO TO BOX H0

GC5. Didtheperson(s)doanyofthefollowingduring(thisincident/anyoftheseincidents)?
(Markallthatapply)
Initiatedsexualactivitywithoutcheckinginwithyoufirstorwhileyouwerestilldeciding
Initiatedsexualactivitydespiteyourrefusal
Duringconsensualactivity,ignoredyourverbalcuestostoporslowdown
Duringconsensualactivity,ignoredyournonverbalcuestostoporslowdown
Otherwisefailedtoobtainyouractiveongoingvoluntaryagreement
Noneoftheabove

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Appendix2.HumanSubjectsProtectionsand
Safeguards
A2.1 IRBReviewOptionsandProcessOverview
InJanuary2015,WestatsubmitteditsInstitutionalReviewBoard(IRB)package
(includingtheinstrumentandstudyprotocols)toboththeWestatIRB,forafullreview,andthe
27participatingIHEs,whousedthematerialstodeveloptheirownIRBpackages.Atthistime,
thestudywasgivenconditionalapprovalbytheWestatIRB.Fullapprovalwasobtainedin
February2015.InMarch2015,WestattestedandprogrammedtheinstrumentforApril1,
2015,thefirstlaunchdate48.
AmongparticipatingIHEs,fiveuniversitieselectedtorelyonWestatsIRBastheIRBof
record,11universitieschosetousetheirownIRB,andfouruniversitiesusedbothIRBs(their
ownandWestats).Sevenuniversitiesdeterminedtheirinvolvementinthestudydidnot
constitutehumansubjectsresearchand,consequently,electednottoseekIRBapprovalor
review.FortheseschoolsWestatwastheonlyIRBinvolvedinthestudyprocessandstudents
werefullycoveredbyWestatsIRBprotections.
AnInstitutionalReviewBoardAuthorizationAgreement(IAA)wasexecutedbetween
theTexasA&MUniversityandWestatonMarch8,2015andrevisedonApril9,2015,agreeing
thatWestatwouldrelyonthatuniversitysIRBforreviewandcontinuingoversightofitshuman
subjectsresearch.

A2.2 RespondentEmotionalProtections
Giventhesensitivenatureofthesurveytopic,therewassomeriskofemotionaldistress
forsurveyparticipants,aswellasconcernsaboutconfidentialityanddatasecurity.
Consequently,anumberofhumansubjectprotectionsandsecurityprotocolswereconsidered
andputinplaceforsurveyparticipants.

A2.3 NIHCertificateofConfidentiality
TheAAUsurveyisprotectedbyaFederalCertificateofConfidentiality(CoC)CCAA15
45.Thiscertificate,issuedbytheNationalInstituteonAlcoholAbuse&Alcoholism,National
InstitutesofHealth(NIH),allowsresearcherstorefusetodiscloseidentifiableresearch

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ToaccommodatedifferencesinIHEsacademiccalendars,IHEschosethefieldperiod(generallythreeweeks)
duringwhichtheywantedtheirsurveytobeopen,withtheearliestavailablelaunchdateofApril1.

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informationinresponsetolegaldemands,49suchascourtordersandsubpoenas,for
identifyinginformationoridentifyingcharacteristicsofaresearchparticipant.Thisisan
importantlegaltoolandweareverypleasedtohavesecuredthisprotectionforourstudy
participants.
Followingamultimonthapplicationandreviewprocess,thecertificatewasissuedApril
8,2015andisretroactivetothestartofdatacollection.

A2.4 InformedConsent
Thefirstsafeguardagainstparticipantdistresswastheprocessofinformedconsent.
Functioningasagatewaytothesurvey,theconsentformprovideddetailsaboutthesurvey,set
expectationsforthetypesofquestionstobeasked,andallowedstudentstomakeaninformed
decisionwhetherparticipationwasrightforthem.Studentswhofelttheywouldbecome
distressedtakingsuchasurveycouldchoosenottoparticipate(andcouldnotenterthe
survey),andstudentswhoconsentedtoparticipatewerepreparedforthesensitivetopics.The
consentformemphasizedthatrespondentscouldskipanyquestiontheydidnotwantto
answer,andthattheycouldstoptheinterviewatanytimetheyfeltuncomfortableorsimply
wishedtostop.Inaddition,allconsentformsconcludedwithcontactinformationfora
responsibleIRBandresearchrepresentative.

A2.5 DistressProtocols
Priorstudiesonsexualmisconductshowthatmostindividualsdonotfindparticipation
insuchresearchtobeharmfuland,inmanycases,considertheirparticipationbeneficial
(Wager,2012;Yeater,Miller,Rinehart,andNason,2012).However,datacollectionfortheAAU
surveyincludedseveralsafeguardstominimizeriskrelatedtoemotionaldistress.

A2.6 CampusspecificResources
Campusspecificresourcelistswithcontactinformationonnational,campus,and
communityspecificresourceswereofferedtoallstudentsandaccessiblebothinandoutside
thesurvey.Examplesofsuchresourcesincludecounselingandmedicalcentersand24hour
crisisphonelines.Alinktotheseresourceswasavailableoneachsurveyscreenstartingwith
theinitiallandingpage.Inaddition,allrespondentswereofferedtheresourcelistagainatthe
conclusionofthesurvey.

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FromWhatisaCertificateofConfidentiality?NIHCertificatesofConfidentiality(CoC)Kiosk
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/coc/index.htm

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Althoughweanticipatedthatmostparticipantswouldaccesstheseresourcesthrough
thewebsurvey,wealsodevelopedaprotocolforHelpDeskstafftouseiftheyreceiveddistress
callsorquestionsaboutsexualassaultresources.

A2.7 HelpDesk
Tofurtherencourageparticipantstocompletethesurveyandminimizedistress,Help
Deskstaffwereavailablebyphoneandemailthroughoutdatacollectiontoanswertechnical
questionsaboutthesurveyandhowtocompleteit,andtoprovideresourceliststo
respondentswhocallandneedadditionalsupportorreferralsforservices.HelpDeskcontact
informationwasprovidedinallemailcommunicationandwasavailableonallscreensofthe
onlinesurvey,aswellasonthesurveylandingpage.HelpDeskstaffweretrainedinboth
projectandcustomerserviceprocedures,includingdistressprotocols.WhileHelpDeskstaffdid
notprovidecounselingorothercrisisinterventionservices,staffwerepreparedtooffer
respondentsthesameresourceinformationincludedintheonlinesurveyfortheirspecific
campus.Intheeventthatacallerexpressedelevateddistressorathreattothemselvesor
others,thestaffweretrainedtodirectlyconnectthesestudentswithcounselingservicesfrom
theresourcelist.Datacollectionclosedwithouttheneedtoinitiatethedistressprotocol.
Inallcases,HelpDeskstaffweretrainedtobesensitivetocallersandrespondtothem
politelyandthoughtfully,regardlessofthecircumstancesoftheircall.

Asshowninthisscreenshotabove,eachpageofthesurveyincludedlinkstogeneraland
schoolspecificfrequentlyaskedquestions(FAQs)andresources.ItalsoincludedtheHelpDesk
numberforeasyaccesstothosestudentswhoneededitforeithertechnicalassistanceor
additionalresources.

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A2.8 DataSecurityandProtectingConfidentiality
AllsurveydatawascollectedviaasecurewebsitehostedatWestat.Therespondents
emailaddresswasencryptedandstoredintheSqlServerdatabase.Uponfinalsubmissionof
thesurvey,therespondentsemailaddressandPINnumber(usedtocreatetheuniquesurvey
link)wasautomaticallydeletedfromthedatabase,removinganylinkagebetweenthesurvey
responsesandtherespondent.Foranyrespondentswhocompletedsomeofthesurveybutdid
notformallysubmitit,thesevariablesweredeletedmanuallyattheendofthedatacollection
period.
Rosterfiledatawasnotincludedinthequestionnairedatafilesothatifsomeonewere
tosomehowobtainthesurveydata,theycouldnotassociateanydatawithaparticular
individual.
Allnecessarystepstomasktheidentityofsurveyrespondentshavebeentakenforthe
dataanalysisandreporting.Theanalysisincludedonlyquantitativecomponents.Resultsare
tabular,aswellasmoreformalstatisticalmodels.Resultswerereviewedtoensurean
acceptableriskofdisclosure,includingsuppressionofdemographiccharacteristicsandother
potentiallyidentifyinginformationinsituationsinwhichcellsizesaresmall.
Alldatapertainingtothisprojecthasbeenstoredinasecuremannerinaphysicaland
electronicformthatcanonlybeaccessedbystudypersonnel.Allelectronicdatahasbeen
storedonnetworkserverdirectories.Accesstothenetworkprojectdirectoryhasbeen
controlledthroughtheuseofdirectoryandfileaccessrightsbaseduponuseraccountIDand
theassociatedusergroupdefinition.Paperdataisstoredinlockedfilescabinets.
DatasetswillbeprovidedtoAAUandtoparticipatinguniversities.Theseproject
partnerswillowntheirrespectivedatasetsandthereportssummarizingfindingsthatwillalso
bedeliveredbyWestat.Theindividualdatasetshavebeenreviewedforpotentialdisclosure
risks.Whereappropriate,variableswerealtered(e.g.,categoriescollapsed)toidentifypotential
risksbeforedeliveringthefinalfiles.
Threeyearsaftercompletionofthestudy,alldataandfilesrelatedtothisstudywillbe
permanentlydestroyed.
References
Wager,N.M.(2012).Respondentsexperiencesofcompletingaretrospective,webbased
sexualtraumasurvey:Doesahistoryofvictimizationequatewithariskforharm?Violenceand
Victims,27(6),9911004.

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Yeater,E.,Miller,G.,Rinehart,J.&Nason,E.(2012).Traumaandsexsurveysmeetminimalrisk
standards:Implicationsforinstitutionalreviewboards.PsychologicalScience,23(7),780787.

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InformedConsent
TexasA&MUniversityisaskingallstudentstoansweraclimatesurveyonsexualassaultand
sexualmisconduct.ThesurveyissponsoredbyTexasA&MUniversityincollaborationwiththe
AssociationofAmericanUniversities(AAU).Theresultswillbeusedtoguidepoliciesto
encourageahealthy,safeandnondiscriminatoryenvironmentatTexasA&MUniversity.
Thissurveyincludessectionsthataskaboutyourknowledgeandbeliefsaboutsocialsituations,
perceptionsrelatedtosexualmisconductatTexasA&MUniversityandyourknowledgeof
resourcesavailableatTexasA&MUniversity.Thissurveyalsoasksaboutyourpersonal
experiencewithsexualmisconduct,suchasharassment,sexualassaultandotherformsof
violence.
TRIGGERWARNING:50Someofthelanguageusedinthissurveyisexplicitandsomepeoplemay
findituncomfortable,butitisimportantthatweaskthequestionsinthiswaysothatyouare
clearwhatwemean.Informationonhowtogethelp,ifyouneedit,appearsonthetopofeach
pageandattheendofthesurvey.
Thissurveyshouldtakemoststudentsapproximately20minutestocomplete.Itmaytakeupto
30minutesforsomeindividuals.YoudoNOThavetoparticipateinthissurvey,andifyoudo
choosetoparticipate,youmayskipanyquestionyouarenotcomfortableansweringandmay
exitthesurveyatanytime.Therewillbenoconsequencestoyoupersonallyoryourstudent
statusifyouchoosenottocompletethesurvey.
[CONDITION1ONLY:Tothankyouforyourparticipation,everystudentwhocompletesthe
surveywillbeoffereda$5giftcardtoAmazon.com.]
DataisbeingcollectedbyWestatanduniversityspecificinformationisbeingreturnedtoTexas
A&MUniversity.Wewillprotecttheconfidentialityofyouranswers[totheextentthelaw
allows51].Whenyoucompletethesurveythelinkwithyourname,emailandIPaddresswillbe
brokensothatnoonewillbeabletoconnectthesewithyoursurveyanswers.Theresultswill
bepresentedinsummaryformsonoindividualcanbeidentified.However,ifwelearnabout
childabuseoryouthreatentoharmyourselforothers,weareobligatedtoreportittothe
authorities.

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ThewordsTRIGGERWARNINGwereaddedafterthestartofdatacollectioninordertocalloutexistinglanguage
intheconsentwhichadvisedaboutexplicitlanguagewithinthesurvey.Changestotheconsentweremadeas
soonasoperationallypossible

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PreNIHCertificateofConfidentialitylanguage,removedoncetheFederalcertificatewasinplace.

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WehaveobtainedaCertificateofConfidentiality(CoC)issuedbytheNationalInstitutesof
Health(NIH).TheCoCisissuedtoprotecttheinvestigatorsonthisstudyfrombeingforcedto
tellanyoneaboutyourparticipationinthisstudy,evenunderasubpoena.
EvenwhenaCoCisinplace,youandyourfamilymembersmuststillcontinuetoactively
protectyourownprivacy.Ifyouvoluntarilygiveyourwrittenconsentforaninsurer,employer,
orlawyertoreceiveinformationaboutyourparticipationintheresearch,thenwemaynotuse
theCoCtowithholdthisinformation.52
IfyouhaveanyquestionsaboutthisstudypleasecalltheHelpDeskat18554974787.
Ifyouhavequestionsaboutyourrightsandwelfareasaresearchparticipant,pleasecallthe
TexasA&MUniversityHumanSubjectsProtectionsofficeat9794584067,tollfreeat1855
7958636,oremailatirb@tamu.edu.

52

NIHCertificateofConfidentialityCCAA1545wasissuedonApril8,2015.Changestotheconsentweremadeas
soonasoperationallypossible.

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FrequentlyAskedQuestions(FAQs)
Whymeandwhatisthisabout?
WeareaskingallstudentsatTexasA&Mtoansweraclimatesurveyonsexualassaultand
sexualmisconduct.Theresultswillbeusedtoguidepoliciestoencourageahealthy,safe,and
nondiscriminatoryenvironmentoncampus.OurgoalistomakeTexasA&Massafeaspossible
bydevelopingprogramsandservicesthatpreventsexualassaultandmisconduct,aswellas
respondtotheseeventswhentheydooccur.Thissurveyisanimportanttoolforustoassess
currentprogramsandtoshapefuturepolicies.
Whoisadministeringthesurvey?
ThesurveyissponsoredbyTexasA&MincollaborationwiththeAssociationofAmerican
Universities(AAU).Westat,aprivateresearchorganization,isadministeringthesurveyandwill
beassistingintheanalysisofthedata.
WhatwillTexasA&Mdowiththeresults?
TheresultswillbeusedtobetterunderstandtheclimateatTexasA&Mtheextentofsexual
assaultandmisconductamongstudents,andtheuseofprogramsandservicescurrentlybeing
offered.Thisinformationwillbeusedtomakerecommendationsforchangestothepolicies
andproceduresrelatedtopreventingandhandlingsexualassaultandmisconductatTexas
A&M.
Whyareyouaskingaboutthesesensitivetopics?
Ourgoalistofosterasafeandsupportiveenvironmentwherestudentscanflourish,both
academicallyandpersonally.TounderstandtheclimateatTexasA&M,weneedtoaskdirect
questionsabouttopicsthatsomemayfindsensitive.Itisonlybydirectlycollectingthis
informationfromyouthatwewillbeabletopreventnegativeexperiencesandeffectively
respondwhentheydohappen.
WhatwillIbeaskedtodo?
Youareinvitedtoparticipateinawebsurvey.Thissurveyincludessectionsthataskaboutyour
knowledgeandbeliefsaboutsocialsituations,perceptionsrelatedtosexualmisconductatyour
college,andyourknowledgeofresourcesavailableatyourcollege.Thissurveyalsoasksabout
yourpersonalexperiencewithsexualmisconduct,suchasharassment,sexualassault,and
otherformsofviolence.

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Whyisthelanguageonthesurveysoexplicit?
Someofthelanguageusedinthissurveyisexplicitandsomepeoplemayfindituncomfortable,
butitisimportantthatweaskthequestionsinthiswaysothatyouareclearwhatwemean.
Informationonhowtogethelp,ifyouneedit,appearsonthebottomofeachpageandatthe
endofthesurvey.
Isntthissurveyonlyforwomen?
No,thissurveyisforeveryone,regardlessofgenderidentityorexperiences.Thesurveywillbe
usedtoshapepoliciesthataffecteveryoneoncampus,soitisveryimportantthatyouprovide
yourexperiencesandviewpoint.
Iveneverexperiencedsexualassaultorsexualmisconduct,sowhyshouldItakepart?
Ifonlyvictimsofsexualassaultandsexualmisconductparticipateinthesurvey,wewillhavea
verylopsidedviewofyourcampus.Togetacompletepictureofyourcollege,weneedtohear
fromasmanystudentsaspossible.Pleasetellafriend!
Howlongwillthesurveytake?
Thissurveyshouldtakemostpeopleapproximately20minutestocomplete.Itmaytakeupto
30minutesforsomeindividuals.
AmIrequiredtoparticipate?
YoudoNOThavetoparticipateinthissurvey,andifyoudoparticipate,youmayskipany
questionyouarenotcomfortableansweringandmayexitthesurveyatanytime.Mostpeople
willfindthequestionsinteresting.
Willmyanswersbeconfidential?
Whenyoucompletethesurvey,thelinkwithyourname,email,andIPaddresswillbebroken
sothatnoonewillbeabletoconnectthesewithyoursurveyanswers.Theresultswillbe
presentedinsummaryformsonoindividualcanbeidentified.However,ifwelearnaboutchild
abuseoraboutathreatofharmtoyourselforothers,weareobligatedtoreportittothe
authorities.
WehaveobtainedaCertificateofConfidentiality(CoC)issuedbytheNationalInstitutesof
Health(NIH).TheCoCisissuedtoprotecttheinvestigatorsonthisstudyfrombeingforcedto
tellanyoneaboutyourparticipationinthisstudy,evenunderasubpoena.

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EvenwhenaCoCisinplace,youandyourfamilymembersmuststillcontinuetoactively
protectyourownprivacy.Ifyouvoluntarilygiveyourwrittenconsentforaninsurer,employer,
orlawyertoreceiveinformationaboutyourparticipationintheresearch,thenwemaynotuse
theCoCtowithholdthisinformation.
WhatshouldIdoifIbecomeupsetansweringthesequestions?
Oneachpageoftheonlinesurvey,thereisalinktoonandoffcampusresourcesthatyoucan
contactifyoubecomeupset.Inadditiontolocalresources,thereisinformationforseveral
nationalservicesthatprovideinformationandcounselors24hoursaday,7daysaweek.We
haveincludedavarietyofresourcessoyoucanchoosetocontacttheone(s)youthinkwould
bemosthelpfultoyou.
Istillhavequestions.
Ifyouhaveanyquestionsaboutthisstudy,youcancallthestudyHelpDeskat18554974787.

Ifyouhavequestionsaboutyourrightsandwelfareasaresearchparticipant,pleasecallthe
TexasA&MUniversityHumanSubjectsProtectionsofficeat9794584067,tollfreeat1855
7958636,oremailatirb@tamu.edu.Pleaseleaveamessagewithyourfullname,thenameof
theresearchstudythatyouarecallingabout(theAAUCampusClimateSurveyonSexual
AssaultandSexualMisconduct),andaphonenumberbeginningwiththeareacode.Someone
willreturnyourcallassoonaspossible.

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TexasA&MUniversity
StudentResourceInformation

NationalResources
These services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Callers can connect free of charge to the phone
hotlines and will be directed to local agencies in their area. Individuals can also connect with trained hotline
staff online through a secure chat messaging system.

Phone Hotlines
National Sexual Assault Phone Hotline (RAINN)1800656HOPE(4673)
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.1800273TALK(8255)
(Press2forSpanish)
NewYorkCityAntiViolenceProjectHotline(LGBTQcommunity)...2127141141
(hotlinewillassistLGBTQcommunitynationwidenotlimitedtoNewYorkCity)

Websites and Online Hotlines

Crisis Text Line.text 741741
National Sexual Assault Online Hotline (RAINN): http://www.rainn.org/get
help/nationalsexualassaultonlinehotline
Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) Website: http://www.rainn.org/

TAMUCampusinBrazoCountyResources
A student who is a victim of sexual harassment (including sexual misconduct or stalking), domestic
violence, or dating violence, whether it occurred on or offcampus, has certain resources, rights and
options available. For more information contact Student Assistance Services at 9798453113 or
sas@tamu.edu.

Reporting the Incident

Reporting to Law Enforcement
Survivors have the option of notifying or not notifying law enforcement authorities including
university and local police. Students may begin this process by contacting the University Police Department
at 9798452345.
Reporting to the University (Title IX Complaint)
Students may also make inquiries or file a Title IX complaint by contacting the Universitys Title IX
Coordinator at 979.845.0977, TitleIX.Coordinator@tamu.edu.

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Confidential Reporting Option

Student Counseling Service. In most cases, counselors in the Student Counseling Service (979 8454427,
scs.tamu.edu) are not required to, nor may, report an incident that in any way identifies the student
concerned without the students consent. The Student Counseling Services is located in Room B103 of Cain
Hall.

Counseling and other Support Resources

Name

Phone

Address

Website

StudentCounseling
Service(SCS)

9798454427

B103CainHall,
TexasA&MCampus

http://scs.tamu.ed
u

StudentHealthServices

9794588250

A.P.BeutelHealth
Center,
TexasA&MCampus

http://shs.tamu.ed
u

NationalSexualAssault
Hotline

800656HOPE

SexualAssaultResource
Center(SARC)

9797311000

Community
Resource

http://www.sarcbv.o
rg

For more information regarding the filing and processing of a sexual harassment and/or sexual misconduct
report please visit http://studentrules.tamu.edu/rule47.

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Appendix3.ResultsbyIndividualStatusCode
A3.1 DefinitionofCompletedSurvey
Wedefineacompletedsurveywithtwocriteriaforallbutoneuniversity:(1)the
respondentansweredatleastoneofthequestionineachofthefollowingvictimization
sections:sexualharassment(SectionD),stalking(SectionE),andsexualassault/other
misconduct(SectionG);and(2)therespondenttookatleast5minutestofilloutthe
questionnaire.
Whencalculatingresponserates,wetakethefollowingresponsestatusinto
consideration,

Status1:RespondentswhodidnotclickonthelinktoaccesstheWebsurvey

Status2:RespondentswhoclickedonthelinktoaccesstheWebsurvey,butdidnot
startthesurvey

Status3:Respondentswhostartedthesurvey,butdidnotcompletethe
victimizationsections,anddidnotsubmitthesurvey

Status4:Respondentswhocompletedandsubmittedthesurveyinlessthanfive
minutes

Status5:Respondentswhosubmittedthesurvey,completedthesurveyinfiveor
moreminutesorstarted/submittedthesurveyondifferentdays,butdidnot
completethevictimizationsections

Status6:Respondentswhostartedthesurvey,completedthevictimization
sections,butdidnotsubmitthesurvey

Status7:Respondentswhostartedthesurvey,completedthevictimization
sections,andsubmittedthesurvey

Basedonthedefinitiononcompletedsurvey,casesofStatus6and7areconsideredas
completed,whereascasesofStatus1to5areconsideredasnotcompleted.Therefore,the
responserateiscalculatedas,

Where isthetotalnumberofstudentsthatreceivedthesurveyinvitation(Forthose
schoolsthatconductedacensus, representsthetotalnumberofregisteredundergraduate
andgraduatestudents;Forthosefewschoolthatdidnotconductacensus, representsthe
totalnumberofregisteredundergraduateandgraduatestudentsthatweresampled);
representsthenumberofstudentswhostartedthesurvey,completedthevictimization
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sections,butdidnotsubmittedthesurvey; representsthenumberofstudentswhostarted
thesurvey,completedthevictimizationsections,andsubmittedthesurvey.
TableA3.1.

FrequencyofsurveyresponsestatusforTexasA&MUniversity

StatusDescription

Didnotclickonlink

Clickedonlink,butdidnotstart

Started,didnotsubmit,didnothaveenoughresponses

Submitted,completedin<5minutes

Submitted,completed>=5minutesorcouldnot
measureduration,didnotdidnothaveenough
responses

Started,notsubmitted,completedminimumresponses

Started,submitted,completedminimumresponses

Total

49,177

87.4%

1,278

2.3%

849

1.5%

21

.0%

.0%

520

0.9%

4,394

7.8%

56,244

100.0%

A3.2 DropoutRates
Studentswhoconsentedtoparticipate,thenenteredthesurveybutdidnotcomplete
thevictimizationsectionswerenotcountedasacompleteforthesurvey.Similarly,thosethat
tooklessthan5minutestocompletethesurveyweredropped.
About15.1%oftheindividualsthatstartedthesurveydidnotcompleteusingtherules
describedabove((875/5,789)=15.1%).Muchofthedropoutoccurredafterthebackground
andharassmentsections.OncestartingsectionG(sexualassault),veryfewrespondentswere
droppedfromtheanalysisdataset.Ofthosethatdidnotcomplete,63%didnotanswerthefirst
questionintheHarassmentsectionand98%didnotanswerthefirstquestioninthefirstsexual
violencequestion.

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TableA3.2.

SurveydropoutrateforTexasA&MUniversity:PercentNonMissing
ResponsesforInitialIteminEachSectionforRespondentsThatStartedthe
Survey1,2

Section
SectionABackground
SectionBPerceptionsofRisk
SectionCResources
SectionDHarassment
SectionEStalking
SectionGSVScreener
SectionIPerceptionsofResponsestoReporting
SectionJBystanderIntervention
SectionKDebriefing
Submitted
TotalStarted

Not
Complete
96%
65%
50%
37%
19%
2%
2%
2%
2%
3%
875

Complete
100%
99%
100%
100%
100%
100%
94%
90%
90%
89%
4,914

Total
99%
94%
92%
90%
88%
85%
80%
77%
76%
76%
5,789

1.Initialquestionsusedbysectionare:A2,B1,C2a,D1,E1,G1,I1,J1,K1.SectionsFandHarenotincludedbecausenotallrespondents
wereroutedtothesesections.
2.Seetextfordefinitionofacompletedsurvey.

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Appendix4.NonresponseBiasAnalysis
Nonresponseissuesarecommoninsurveys,andthebiascausedbynonresponse(or
nonresponsebias)needstobeaddressed,especiallywhenthenonresponserateishigh.As
describedintheweightingsection,weadjustedbaseweightstoreducetheeffectsof
nonresponseontheestimates.However,suchadjustmentsmaynotcompletelyeliminatethe
nonresponsebias.Nonresponsebiaswillbenonexistentifallsampledunitshavethesame
probabilityofresponse(responsepropensity).Iftheresponsepropensitiesarenotequal,
nonresponsebiasmaystillbenonexistentifthesurveyvariablesareuncorrelatedwith
responsepropensities.Forexample,ifthosethatdonotrespondhavethesameratesof
victimizationasthosethatdorespond,thentheestimatesofvictimizationwillbeunbiased.
Asshownbytheresponseratesatthebeginningofthisreport,theresponsepropensity
dependsonstudentcharacteristics.Moreover,itappearsthatthesurveyvariablesare
correlatedwiththevictimizationandotheroutcomes.Forexample,theresponserateof
femalesishigherthanthatofmales,andtherealsoisastrongcorrelationbetweengenderand
victimization.Wecancorrectthissourceofbiasbyadjustingthesurveyweightsforthegender
oftherespondent.Thisisoneoftheprimarypurposesoftherakingproceduredescribedatthe
beginningofthisreport.However,thereisstillthepotentialthattheestimatesaresubjectto
nonresponsebiasthatisnotremovedbytheweighting.Forexample,iffemalevictimsaremore
likelytoparticipatethanotherfemales,thenthereispotentialfornonresponsebias.
Toevaluatethepossibilityofremainingnonresponsebias,weconductedseveral
differentanalyses.Thefirstanalysisevaluatedtheeffectivenessoftheweightingmethodology.
Themoreeffectivetheweightingmethods,thelesslikelytherewillbebiasduetononresponse.
Thesecondanalysisdirectlyassessedthenonresponsebiasbyexaminingvariationofkey
outcomesbyseveralmeasuresofresponsepropensity.

A4.1 EvaluationoftheWeightingMethodology
Weconductedtwodifferentanalysestoevaluatetheweightingmethods:

Correlationanalysis:Thisanalysisexaminesthecorrelationbetweensomeselectedkey
surveyvariablesandauxiliaryvariablesusedinnonresponseweightingadjustments.A
highcorrelationimpliesthattheauxiliaryvariablesusedinweightingcouldremove
nonresponsebiasiftheresponsepropensityisalsocorrelatedwiththeauxiliary
variables.ThecorrelationiscalculatedusingtheSASGLM(GeneralLinearModel)
procedurewithasurveyvariableasthedependentvariableandauxiliaryvariable(s)as
independentvariable(s).Themeasureusedtoevaluatethecorrelationisthepositive
squarerootoftheRsquareoftheGLMmodel.

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Comparisonoftheweightingmethodwithanalternativeweightingmethod:Another
weightingmethodwasdevelopedandcomparedwiththeactualmethodemployedfor
thesurvey.Wecomparedkeyvariableestimatesthroughttests.
Weusedthefollowing11keyoutcomevariablesfortheanalysis:

TableA41.
Variable
Number
1
2
3
4

Elevenkeyvariablesusedinthenonresponsebiasanalysis
VariableName

PenetrationbyPhysical
ForceorIncapacitation
SexualTouchingby
PhysicalForceor
Incapacitation
PenetrationorSexual
TouchingbyCoercion
PenetrationorSexual
TouchingbyAbsenceof
AffirmativeConsent

SexualHarassment

Stalking

IntimatePartner
Violence

Resources

ReportingPerception

10

BystanderIntervention

11

PerceptionofProblem

VariableDescription
Indicateswhetherrespondentexperiencedanyrapeincident
sinceenteringcollege
Indicateswhetherrespondentexperiencedanysexualbattery
incidentsinceenteringcollege
Indicateswhetherrespondentexperiencedanyincidentofsex
orsexualtouchingbycoercionsinceenteringcollege
Indicateswhetherrespondentexperiencedanyincidentofsex
orsexualtouchingwithoutaffirmativeconsentsinceentering
college
Indicateswhetherrespondentexperiencedanyincidentof
sexualharassmentsinceenteringcollege
Indicateswhetherrespondentexperiencedanyincidentof
stalkingsinceenteringcollege
Indicateswhetherrespondentexperiencedanyincidentof
intimatepartnerviolencesinceenteringcollege
Indicateswhetherrespondentisveryorextremely
knowledgeableaboutcampusresourcesforsexualassaultand
misconduct
Indicateswhetherrespondentfeelsitisveryorextremely
likelythatuniversityofficialswilldoallofthefollowingin
responsetoareportofsexualmisconductorassault:takethe
reportseriously,conductafairinvestigation,andtakeactionto
addresscausesoftheissue
Indicateswhetherrespondenttooksomesortofactionwhen
theysuspectedafriendhadbeensexuallyassaulted
Indicateswhethersexualassaultormisconductisseenasveryor
extremelyproblematicattheuniversity

DiscussionofAnalysisResults
Correlationanalysis
CorrelationsareshowninTableA42.Therow(estimate)providesthepointestimates
ofthekeyvariables.TherowAllpresentsthecorrelationofeachkeyvariablewithallauxiliary
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variablesusedasindependentvariablesintheGLMmodel.
TableA42.
Auxiliary
Variable1
(Estimate)
Incentive
Status
Gender
AgeGroup
YearinSchool
Race/Ethnicity

Correlationsoftheauxiliaryvariablesandthekeysurveyvariables
1

10

11

0.038 0.059 0.002

0.029

0.406

0.035

0.090

0.235 0.436 0.682

0.046

0.011 0.032 0.003

0.007

0.013

0.008

0.017

0.004 0.007 0.054

0.005

0.118 0.158 0.019

0.097

0.145

0.096

0.073

0.017 0.016 0.107

0.046

0.037 0.041 0.002

0.036

0.065

0.011

0.062

0.039 0.004 0.110

0.024

0.013 0.016 0.008

0.017

0.012

0.035

0.044

0.026 0.055 0.084

0.050

0.058 0.056 0.035

0.064

0.137

0.059

0.049

0.076 0.058 0.115

0.071

0.129 0.167 0.040

0.113

0.217

0.119

0.095

0.082 0.112 0.206

0.104

All
1
Refertotheweightingsectionforthedefinitionsoftheauxiliaryvariables.

Ingeneral,asasingleauxiliaryvariable,IncentiveStatus,AgeGroup,andYearinSchool
havealowcorrelationwithallkeyvariables,whereasGenderhasahighercorrelation.Gender
hasconsiderablyhighercorrelationsforseveralkeyvariables(PenetrationbyPhysicalForceor
Incapacitation;SexualTouchingbyPhysicalForceorIncapacitation;andStalking).Allauxiliary
variablescollectivelyhavenonnegligiblecorrelationswithallkeyvariables,exceptPenetration
orSexualTouchingbyCoercion.Amongthe11keysurveyvariables,PenetrationorSexual
TouchingbyCoercionhaslowestcorrelationswithallauxiliaryvariables,followedbyResources.
Weknowthattheauxiliaryvariablesarecorrelatedwiththeresponsepropensity.The
correlationanalysisalsoshowsthattheauxiliaryvariablesarecorrelatedwiththeoutcome
variables.Therefore,itappearsthatthoseauxiliaryvariableswereeffectiveinreducing,or
perhapseliminating,nonresponsebias.

Comparisonoftheweightingmethodwithanalternativeweightingmethod

Wedevelopedalternativeweightsbyusingatwostepprocedure,wherethefirststep
adjustedfornonresponseusingtheresponsepropensitymethodandthesecondstep
calibratedthenonresponseadjustedweightstothepopulationtotalsthroughraking.Themajor
outcomemeasureswerecomparedusingthisalternativeweightingmethodandthemethod
usedintheanalysisdiscussedinthisreport.Twohundredandseventyfivecomparisonswere
madeatthepopulationandsubgrouplevel(seebelowfordetails)buttherewereno
statisticallysignificantdifferencesbetweentheestimatesusingthetwoweighingmethods.This
impliesthattheonesteprakingprocedureisaseffectiveinremovingnonresponsebiasasthe
morecomplextwostepweightingmethodthatusesthesameauxiliaryinformation.
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A4.2 TestingforNonresponseBias
Weconductedtwodifferenttotestwhetherbiasduetononresponseexistsforthe
above11keymeasures(seeTableA41).Theseinclude:

Comparisonofearlyandlateresponders:Wecomparedkeyestimatesbetweenearly
andlateresponders.Earlyandlaterespondersareidentifiedbyrespondentssurvey
submissiontime.Earlyrespondersarethosewhorespondedbeforethefirstreminder
emailoutoftworeminders;andtheotherrespondentsarethelateresponders.
Comparisonbytheincentivestatus:Theincentivizedsamplehasahigherresponserate
thantheothergroup.Wecomparedthekeyvariableestimatesoftheincentivized
samplewiththoseoftheothergroup.

DiscussionofAnalysisResults

Comparisonofearlyandlateresponders

Onestandardmethodofassessingnonresponsebiasistoassumethattherespondents
thatrequiredthemostefforttoconvincetocompletethesurveyaresimilartothe
nonrespondents.Forpurposesofthisanalysiswedefinedeffortasthenumberofcontacts
madebeforetherespondentcompletedthesurvey.Thosewhorespondedearly(e.g.,before
thefirstemailreminder)requiredlessefforttogaincooperationthanthosewhoresponded
lateraftermultipleemails.Thisanalysisassumesthatthosewhorespondedlaterhavemorein
commonwiththenonrespondentsthanthosewhorespondedearly.Ifthisassumptionistrue,
thenadifferenceintheoutcomemeasuresbetweentheearlyandlateresponderswouldbean
indicationofnonresponsebias.
Whilethisisastandardmethodtoevaluatenonresponsebias,theassumptionthat
thoserequiringmoreefforttogaincooperationresemblethenonrespondentsdoesnotalways
hold.53
Inouranalysis,earlyrespondersaredefinedasthosewhorespondedbeforethefirst
reminderemail,andlaterespondersarethosewhorespondedafterthefirstreminderemail
wassent.About11percentofrespondentsweremissingthesurveysubmissiontimeandcould
notbeincludedinthisanalysis.54Thelaterespondersaccountfor69percentofthe
respondentswithnonmissingsurveysubmissiontime.
Wecomparedweightedestimatesofthe11keysurveyvariablesatthetotalpopulation
andsubgrouplevels.Thesubgroupsaredefinedbythecategoriesoftheauxiliaryvariables

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Lin,IF.,andSchaeffer,N.C.(1995).Usingsurveyparticipantstoestimatetheimpactofnonparticipation.Public
OpinionQuarterly59(2),23658;Olson,K.(2006).Surveyparticipation,nonresponsebias,measurementerror
biasandtotalbias.PublicOpinionQuarterly,70(5),737758.
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usedinweighting(seeTableA42).Therearealtogether20categoriesofsubgroups(2
IncentiveStatuses,2genders,4Agegroups,7categoriesofYearinSchool,and5categoriesof
Race/Ethnicity).Comparisonsarealsomadeatfinersubgroupsdefinedbycrossingthegender
andschoolenrollment(foursubgroups:maleundergraduate,malegraduate/professional,
femaleundergraduate,andfemalegraduate/professional).Therewere275comparisons
overall,whichcorrespondstothesumof11populationlevelcomparisons,220(=11key
variables 20categories)subgrouplevelcomparisons,and44(=11keyvariables 4finer
subgroups)finersubgrouplevelcomparisons.
Subgrouplevelcomparisonsforthesameauxiliaryvariableweretreatedasmultiple
comparisonsusingBonferronicorrectedalphavalues.Forexample,onettestwasperformed
tocomparetheestimateofPenetrationbyForceorIncapacitationformalesforearlyvs.late
responders.Anotherttestwascarriedoutforfemalesinthesameway.Thesetwo
comparisonsweremadeusingtheBonferronicorrectedalphavalueof0.025(=0.05/2).
Populationlevelcomparisonsweremadeindividuallywitha0.05alphavalue.
One(9%)outof11populationlevelcomparisons(Stalking)wasindividuallysignificant.
Oneissuewiththesecomparisonsistheydonotfullycontrolfordifferencesthatareadjusted
inthesurveyweights(e.g.,genderandenrollmentstatus).Whilethisanalysisusestheweights,
itdoesnotcontrolwithinearlyandlaterespondergroups.Forexample,theremaybemore
maleswhorespondedlater,andcomparingtheearlyandlaterespondergroupsdoesnot
controlforthisdifference.Itismoreinstructivetoexaminethesubgroupdifferences,whichare
specifictosomeofthecharacteristicsthatwereusedintheweighting.Ten(5%)outof220
subgroupcomparisonsaresignificant,and1(2%)outof44finersubgroupcomparisonsare
significant.
Itisusefultoconcentrateonthesubgroupestimates,astheyareusedthroughoutthe
reportandtheydisaggregatebyimportantvariablesusedintheweighting.TableA43provides
thedifferencesforeachoftheseoutcomesfortheearlyvs.laterespondersforthefourprimary
subgroupsdefinedbygenderandenrollmentstatus.Forexample,forfemaleundergraduate
studentstherateforReportingPerceptionforlaterespondersis45.74percentandforearly
respondersis32.01percent.Thisdifferenceisstatisticallysignificantatthe5percent
significancelevelformultiplecomparisonswithaPvalueof0.02percent,whichislessthanthe
Bonferronialphavalueof1.25percent(=5%/4).
TableA43. Comparisonofearlyandlaterrespondersbygenderandschoolenrollmentfor
11keyvariables(estimatesinpercent)
Outcome1
1
1
1
1

Gender
M
M
F
F

Enrollment
Status2
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof

Late
Early
Responders StdErr3 Responders StdErr3 Difference Pvalue4
1.66
0.47
1.66
0.53
0.00
99.70
0.65
0.43
1.39
0.66
0.74
36.15
5.44
0.57
9.24
1.83
3.80
5.10
2.85
0.79
1.81
1.75
1.04
55.87

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Outcome1
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
6
6
6
6
7
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
9
9
9
9
10
10
10
10
11
11
11
11

Gender
M
M
F
F
M
M
F
F
M
M
F
F
M
M
F
F
M
M
F
F
M
M
F
F
M
M
F
F
M
M
F
F
M
M
F
F
M
M
F
F

Enrollment
Status2
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof

Late
Early
Responders StdErr3 Responders StdErr3 Difference Pvalue4
2.54
0.55
3.33
0.70
0.79
40.22
0.56
0.39
1.06
0.58
0.50
50.07
7.97
0.65
12.92
1.95
4.95
1.85
7.43
1.18
5.38
2.89
2.05
52.74
0.10
0.09
0.00
0.00
0.10
30.14
0.27
0.26
0.40
0.38
0.13
77.63
0.15
0.11
0.00
0.00
0.15
16.44
0.00
0.00
1.17
1.10
1.17
29.20
1.04
0.43
2.39
0.59
1.35
2.62
0.83
0.47
0.80
0.53
0.03
96.97
4.75
0.58
4.19
1.25
0.56
65.41
3.25
0.80
2.91
2.06
0.34
88.01
34.08
1.58
36.73
1.75
2.65
27.83
26.91
2.24
30.01
2.65
3.10
39.50
47.73
1.41
56.15
3.40
8.42
2.53
41.98
2.61
45.91
5.94
3.93
58.47
1.88
0.66
1.51
0.43
0.37
62.93
1.95
0.64
2.16
0.79
0.21
84.09
4.58
0.57
6.47
1.70
1.89
29.29
8.00
1.24
4.45
2.49
3.55
18.33
6.89
0.98
8.36
1.30
1.47
35.76
5.49
1.48
6.45
1.73
0.96
65.24
12.40
0.98
15.13
2.28
2.73
27.36
4.96
1.27
9.32
4.39
4.36
35.74
22.94
1.50
25.19
1.71
2.25
32.27
20.52
2.11
21.27
2.62
0.75
83.41
26.41
1.00
24.55
2.47
1.86
47.60
21.81
1.99
13.59
4.65
8.22
13.02
44.99
2.10
44.35
1.68
0.64
81.11
42.50
2.60
46.14
2.98
3.64
32.58
45.74
1.57
32.01
2.88
13.73
0.02*
38.16
2.43
45.65
7.08
7.49
30.56
54.14
7.86
76.02
5.03
21.88
2.18
65.50
11.26
28.59
10.60
36.91
2.58
75.08
3.48
65.45
7.46
9.63
25.09
73.51
4.95
83.65
8.66
10.14
29.31
3.02
0.59
3.44
0.78
0.42
69.13
4.06
0.89
6.00
1.32
1.94
23.60
4.96
0.55
4.97
1.57
0.01
99.53
8.19
1.25
6.92
3.09
1.27
71.57

1SeeTableA41fordefinitionsofoutcomes
2UnderGr=Undergraduate;Grad/Prof=GraduateorProfessionalStudent
3StdErr=StandardErrorfortheproportion
4Asignificantresult(Pvalue<1.25%)isasterisked(*).

Asnotedabove,2%ofthedifferencesinTableA43arestatisticallysignificant.These
resultsindicatethereisweakornoevidenceofnonresponsebias,sincethenumberof
significantdifferencesisaboutwhatwasexpectedbychance(5percent).

Comparisonbytheincentivestatus
127

Onelimitationtheanalysisofearly/laterespondersisrelianceontheassumptionthat
laterespondersresemblethenonrespondents.Asnotedabove,thisassumptiondoesnot
alwaysholdandcanvarybytheoutcomethatisbeingexamined.Analternativeapproachto
examiningnonresponsebiasistocompareoutcomesbythedifferentincentivegroups.The
incentivizedsample,whichreceiveda$5giftcardforparticipatinginthesurvey,wasrandomly
selected,butrespondedatahigherrate(13.4%vs.8.2%)thosenotselectedinthe
incentivizedsamplewereenteredintoasweepstakestowin$500.Ifthereisnonresponsebias,
thenthereshouldbeadifferenceintheoutcomesbetweentheincentivizedandnon
incentivized(sweepstakes)groups.Forexample,theincentiveof$5giftcardmayhavebeen
moresuccessfulatconvincingnonvictimstoparticipate.Thatis,thenonvictimsmayhave
neededadditionalmotivationtoparticipatebeyondtheappealsmadeintheemailsand
advancepublicity.Ifthisistrue,thentheincentivizedgroupshouldhavealowervictimization
ratethanthenonincentivizedgroup.Alternatively,theincentiveof$5giftcardmayhavebeen
moresuccessfulatmotivatingvictimswhonormallywouldnotparticipatebecauseofnotbeing
willingtosharetheirpersonalexperiences.Ifthisistrue,thentheincentivizedgroupshould
haveahighervictimizationratethanthenonincentivizedgroup.Ifresponsepropensityisnot
relatedtobeingavictim,thenthereshouldnotbeanydifferencebetweentheincentivizedand
nonincentivizedgroups.
Thetotalnumberofcomparisonsis253,whichislessthanbeforebecausewecannot
makesubgrouplevelcomparisonsdefinedbytheIncentiveStatus.Significancetestswere
performedsimilarlyasabove.Overallweightedestimatesofonekeyvariable(SexualTouching
byForceorIncapacitation)issignificantlydifferentbetweenthetwoincentivegroups.Only14
comparisons(7%)outof198subgroupcomparisonsaresignificant,andonlyfive(11%)outof
44finersubgroupcomparisonsaresignificant(seeTableA44).Thisismorethanwouldbe
expectedbychance(around5%).However,manyofthesedifferencesareconcentratedin
certainoutcomes.
Focusingonthesubgroupsestimates,TableA44providesthedifferencesforeachof
theseoutcomesforthefourprimarysubgroupsdefinedbygenderandenrollmentstatus.For
example,forundergraduatemalestherateforPenetrationbyPhysicalForceorIncapacitation
fortheincentivegroupis0.5percentandforthenonincentivegroupis2.05percent.This
differenceisstatisticallysignificantatthe5percentsignificancelevelformultiplecomparisons
withaPvalueof1.22percent,whichislessthantheBonferronialphavalueof1.25percent(=
5%/4).
TableA44.

Outcome1
1
1

Comparisonofincentivizedandnonincentivizedgroupsbygenderandschool
enrollmentfor11keyvariables(estimatesinpercent)
Gender
M
M

Enrollment
Status2
UnderGr
Grad/Prof

Non
Incentive StdErr3 Incentive StdErr3 Difference Pvalue4
0.50
0.47
2.05
0.38
1.55
1.22*
0.00
0.00
1.14
0.41
1.14
0.71*

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Outcome1
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
6
6
6
6
7
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
9
9
9
9
10
10
10
10
11
11
11
11

Gender
F
F
M
M
F
F
M
M
F
F
M
M
F
F
M
M
F
F
M
M
F
F
M
M
F
F
M
M
F
F
M
M
F
F
M
M
F
F
M
M
F
F

Enrollment
Status2
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof
UnderGr
Grad/Prof

Non
Incentive StdErr3 Incentive StdErr3 Difference Pvalue4
8.98
1.26
6.73
0.61
2.25
11.50
3.17
2.15
2.91
0.85
0.26
90.96
2.40
1.05
2.94
0.44
0.54
63.73
1.31
1.23
0.83
0.31
0.48
70.69
14.15
1.20
10.05
0.71
4.10
0.54*
8.17
3.01
6.53
1.01
1.64
60.68
0.00
0.00
0.05
0.05
0.05
30.11
0.00
0.00
0.32
0.22
0.32
14.35
0.00
0.00
0.33
0.18
0.33
7.05
2.19
1.37
0.00
0.00
2.19
11.46
1.00
0.63
1.62
0.41
0.62
41.11
1.22
1.14
0.86
0.36
0.36
76.93
3.92
0.85
5.20
0.57
1.28
21.40
3.73
1.46
2.90
0.72
0.83
61.67
34.87
2.09
35.69
1.21
0.82
73.72
30.05
5.02
28.92
1.72
1.13
83.27
52.22
3.79
49.21
1.34
3.01
45.77
40.05
5.68
42.28
2.34
2.23
71.77
2.51
0.88
1.67
0.41
0.84
38.93
1.48
0.95
2.12
0.49
0.64
55.36
6.30
0.80
4.69
0.56
1.61
10.29
1.65
1.05
8.16
1.21
6.51
0.01*
10.44
1.89
7.30
0.88
3.14
13.99
4.02
1.89
5.49
1.18
1.47
51.40
14.08
1.47
12.40
0.97
1.68
34.23
2.69
1.68
6.02
1.19
3.33
11.37
20.22
2.36
24.06
1.13
3.84
14.72
23.95
4.66
20.00
1.50
3.95
42.49
26.48
2.04
25.07
0.96
1.41
53.72
15.60
3.66
20.84
1.77
5.24
20.44
43.67
3.80
44.76
1.46
1.09
78.88
44.81
4.87
43.58
2.26
1.23
82.11
44.92
2.58
43.67
1.53
1.25
67.70
46.32
4.35
37.72
2.59
8.60
9.56
79.00
20.31
67.04
4.54
11.96
56.69
39.57
39.71
43.76
7.31
4.19
91.76
52.31
7.02
75.95
3.26
23.64
0.33*
80.73
10.98
72.57
5.51
8.16
50.97
4.44
1.19
3.15
0.47
1.29
31.88
2.84
1.61
5.02
0.72
2.18
21.97
6.27
1.20
4.86
0.57
1.41
29.32
3.43
1.66
8.67
1.26
5.24
1.51

1SeeTableA41fordefinitionsofoutcomes
2UnderGr=Undergraduate;Grad/Prof=GraduateorProfessionalStudent
3StdErr=StandardErrorfortheproportion
4Asignificantresult(Pvalue<1.25%)isasterisked(*).

Asnotedabove,11%ofthedifferencesinTableA44arestatisticallysignificant.These
resultsindicatethereissomeevidenceofnonresponsebias,sincethenumberofsignificant
differencesismorethanwhatwasexpectedbychance(5percent).
129

Ofthemeasuresofsexualassaultandsexualmisconduct,55fouroutofthe28possible
comparisonsaresignificant.Thesignificantdifferencesaresummarizedbelow.
Penetrationbyphysicalforceorincapacitation.Thereare2significantdifferences.The
differencesformaleundergraduatesandmalegraduate/professionalstudentsarenegative,
indicatingthesurveyestimatesaretoohigh.

Sexualtouchingorkissingbyphysicalforceorincapacitation.Thereisonesignificant
difference.Thedifferenceforundergraduatefemalesispositive,indicatingthesurveyestimate
istoolow.

Stalking.Thereisonesignificantdifference.Thedifferenceforfemale
graduate/professionalstudentsisnegative,indicatingthesurveyestimateistoohigh.

Ofthemeasuresofcampusclimate,56oneoutofthe16issignificantatthe5percent
level.Thesignificantdifferenceissummarizedbelow.
Respondenttooksomeactionwhentheysuspectedafriendhadbeensexuallyassaulted.
Thereisonesignificantdifference.Thedifferenceforundergraduatefemalesisnegative,
indicatingthesurveyestimateistoohigh.

Overall,thisanalysisindicatesthereissomeevidencethatthereisbiasinselected
estimates.Theestimatesthatarepossiblyaffectedarefor

Penetrationbyphysicalforceorincapacitation
SexualTouchingorkissingbyphysicalforceorincapacitation
Stalking
Respondenttooksomeactionwhentheysuspectedafriendhadbeensexually
assaulted

Thiswasfoundforseveralgenderandenrollmentgroups.Thedirectionofthepossible
biasisdifferent,dependingonthemeasurethatisbeingdiscussed.

55

Penetrationbyphysicalforceorincapacitation;sexualtouchingorkissingbyphysicalforceorincapacitation;penetrationorsexualtouching
bycoercion,penetrationorsexualtouchingbycoercionbyabsenceofaffirmativeconsent,sexualharassment,stalkingandintimatepartner
violence.

56

Resources=Studentknowledgeaboutcampusresources.

Reporting=Opinionsonwhatuniversityofficialswoulddowhenanincidentisreported
PerceptionofProblem=HowproblematicstudentsfeelsexualassaultandmisconductisfortheIHE
BystanderIntervention=Respondenttooksomeactionwhentheysuspectedafriendhadbeensexuallyassaulted

130

Appendix5.EmailInvitationsandReminders

SurveyInvitationandReminderMessages
1stContact:EmailInvitation
Condition1:$5Amazongiftcard

From:CampusClimateSurvey
Subject:InvitationtotakepartinaCampusClimateSurvey

From:InterimPresidentDr.MarkHussey
To:TexasA&MUniversityStudent

I'mwritingtoaskyoutorespondtoaclimatesurveyonsexualassaultandsexualmisconduct.Theresults
willbeusedtoguidepoliciestoencourageahealthy,safeandnondiscriminatoryenvironmentatTexas
A&MUniversity.Itisimportanttohearfromyou,evenifyoubelievetheseissuesdonotdirectlyaffect
you.

Iknowyourtimeisvaluable,butIhopeyoucanfindafewminutestorespondbeforethesurveycloseson
Monday,April27,2015.Asasmalltokenofappreciation,youwillreceivea$5Amazongiftcardonceyou
completethesurvey.

Shareyourperspectivebyclickingonthelinkbelow:
https://group4.campusclimatesurvey2015.org/Home.aspx?uPin=vDeacEmWaNK3oSn

Yourindividualresponseswillbetreatedasconfidential.Yourparticipationinthissurveyiscompletely
voluntaryandwillnotaffectanyaspectofyourexperienceatTexasA&MUniversity.However,your
responseisimportanttogettinganaccuratepictureoftheexperiencesandopinionsofallstudents.

Westat,asocialscienceresearchfirm,isadministeringthesurveyforus.Ifyouhaveanyquestionsabout
thesurveyorhavedifficultyaccessingit,pleasesendanemailtoCampusClimateHelp@westat.comor
call1(855)4974787.

Thankyou,

Dr.MarkHussey
InterimPresident

131

SurveyInvitationandReminderMessages

2ndand3rdContact:EmailReminder
Condition1:$5Amazongiftcard

From:CampusClimateSurvey
Subject:RemindertocompletetheCampusClimateSurvey

From:InterimPresidentDr.MarkHussey
To:TexasA&MUniversityStudent

Irecentlysentyouanindividualizedlinktoparticipateinaclimatesurvey.Ifyouhavefilledoutthe
survey,thankyou!Thismessagehasgonetoallstudentsoncampusbecausenoidentifyinginformationis
linkedwiththesurveyandweareunabletoidentifywhetheryouhavecompletedthesurvey.

Ifyouhavenothadachancetotakethesurveyyet,pleasedosoassoonaspossiblebyclickingonthelink
below.Yourparticipationinthisconfidentialsurveyisvoluntary,butthemorepeoplewhoparticipate,the
bettertheinformationwewillhavetopromoteahealthiercampus.

TheclosingdateforthesurveyisMonday,April27,2015,soitisimportanttohearfromyouassoonas
possible.Asasmalltokenofappreciation,youwillreceivea$5Amazongiftcardwhenyoucompletethe
survey.

https://group4.campusclimatesurvey2015.org/Home.aspx?uPin=vDeacEmWaNK3oSn
Westat,asocialscienceresearchfirm,isadministeringthesurveyforus.Ifyouhaveanyquestionsabout
thesurveyorhavedifficultyaccessingit,pleasesendanemailtoCampusClimateHelp@westat.comor
call1(855)4974787.

Thankyou,

Dr.MarkHussey
InterimPresident

132

SurveyInvitationandReminderMessages
1stContact:EmailInvitation
Condition2:$500Drawing

From:CampusClimateSurvey
Subject:InvitationtotakepartinaCampusClimateSurvey

From:InterimPresidentDr.MarkHussey
To:TexasA&MUniversityStudent

I'mwritingtoaskyoutorespondtoaclimatesurveyonsexualassaultandsexualmisconduct.Theresults
willbeusedtoguidepoliciestoencourageahealthy,safeandnondiscriminatoryenvironmentatTexas
A&MUniversity.Itisimportanttohearfromyou,evenifyoubelievetheseissuesdonotdirectlyaffect
you.

Iknowyourtimeisvaluable,butIhopeyoucanfindafewminutestorespondbeforethesurveycloseson
Monday,April27,2015.Bygoingtothewebsiteatthelinkbelow,youwillbeenteredintoalotteryto
win$500.Wehopeyouwilldecidetocompletethesurvey,butyouareeligibleforthelotterywhetheror
notyoucompletethesurvey:
https://group4.campusclimatesurvey2015.org/Home.aspx?uPin=vDeacEmWaNK3oSn

Yourindividualresponseswillbetreatedasconfidential.Yourparticipationinthissurveyiscompletely
voluntaryandwillnotaffectanyaspectofyourexperienceatTexasA&MUniversity.However,your
responseisimportanttogettinganaccuratepictureoftheexperiencesandopinionsofallstudents.

Westat,asocialscienceresearchfirm,isadministeringthesurveyforus.Ifyouhaveanyquestionsabout
thesurveyorhavedifficultyaccessingit,pleasesendanemailtoCampusClimateHelp@westat.comor
call1(855)4974787.

Thankyou,

Dr.MarkHussey
InterimPresident

133

SurveyInvitationandReminderMessages
2ndand3rdContact:EmailReminder
Condition2:Drawing

From: Campus Climate Survey

Subject: Reminder to complete the Campus Climate Survey

From:InterimPresidentDr.MarkHussey
To:TexasA&MUniversityStudent

Irecentlysentyouanindividualizedlinktoparticipateinaclimatesurvey.Ifyouhavefilledoutthe
survey,thankyou!Thismessagehasgonetoallstudentsoncampusbecausenoidentifyinginformationis
linkedwiththesurveyandweareunabletoidentifywhetheryouhavecompletedthesurvey.

Ifyouhavenothadachancetotakethesurveyyet,pleasedosoassoonaspossiblebyclickingonthelink
below.Yourparticipationinthisconfidentialsurveyisvoluntary,butthemorepeoplewhoparticipate,the
bettertheinformationwewillhavetopromoteahealthiercampus.
TheclosingdateforthesurveyisMonday,April27,2015,soitisimportanttohearfromyouassoonas
possible.Asasmalltokenofourappreciation,bygoingtothewebsiteatthelinkbelow,youwillbe
enteredintoalotterytowin$500.Youareeligibleforthelotterywhetherornotyoucompletethe
survey.
https://group4.campusclimatesurvey2015.org/Home.aspx?uPin=vDeacEmWaNK3oSn
Westat,asocialscienceresearchfirm,isadministeringthesurveyforus.Ifyouhaveanyquestionsabout
thesurveyorhavedifficultyaccessingit,pleasesendanemailtoCampusClimateHelp@westat.comor
call1(855)4974787.

Thankyou,

Dr.MarkHussey
InterimPresident

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TableA.CharacteristicsofRespondentsthatcompletedthesurvey

Characteristic
Category

Weighted

Unweighted

Number

Number

18yearsold

3,891

6.9

387

7.9

19yearsold

10,007

17.8

955

19.4

20yearsold

9,341

16.6

765

15.6

21yearsold

9,195

16.3

703

14.3

22yearsold

7,073

12.6

528

10.7

23yearsold

3,621

6.4

325

6.6

24yearsold

2,426

4.3

233

4.7

25yearsorolder

10,690

19.0

1,018

20.7

Undergraduate

42,554

75.7

3,515

71.5

GraduateorProfessional

13,690

24.3

1,399

28.5

Freshman

6,607

11.7

716

14.6

Sophomore

10,036

17.8

885

18.0

Junior

10,018

17.8

828

16.8

Senior

15,893

28.3

1,086

22.1

GraduateorProf1styear

5,544

9.9

606

12.3

GraduateorProf2ndyear

3,787

6.7

402

8.2

GraduateorProf3rdyear

1,962

3.5

156

3.2

GraduateorProf4thyearorhigher

2,397

4.3

235

4.8

2010orearlier

5,464

9.7

457

9.3

2011

7,863

14.0

566

11.5

2012

9,456

16.8

732

14.9

2013

13,299

23.6

1,149

23.4

2014or2015

20,162

35.8

2,010

40.9

Yes

10,971

19.5

854

17.4

No

45,273

80.5

4,060

82.6

Age

StudentAffiliation

Yearinschool/program

Yearfirstenrolledinthecollegeoruniversity

HispanicorLatino?

TableA.CharacteristicsofRespondentsthatcompletedthesurvey(continued)

Characteristic
Category

Weighted

Unweighted

Number

Number

Whiteonly

44,180

78.6

3,812

77.6

Blackonly

2,068

3.7

148

3.0

Asianonly

6,206

11.0

683

13.9

Other/Multirace

3,790

6.7

271

5.5

Female

26,688

47.5

2,489

50.7

Male

29,107

51.8

2,389

48.6

Other

449

0.8

36

0.7

Heterosexual

51,618

93.4

4,509

93.4

NonHeterosexual

3,662

6.6

319

6.6

Race

GenderIdentity

SexualOrientation

Sinceenrolledincollegeoruniversity,haveyoubeeninapartneredrelationship?
Yes

40,818

72.6

3,477

70.8

No

15,383

27.4

1,433

29.2

43

0.1

0.1

Yes

1,915

3.4

155

3.2

No

54,286

96.5

4,755

96.8

43

0.1

0.1

Didnotanswerthequestion
Haveadisabilityregisteredwiththeuniversity?

Didnotanswerthequestion

Table1.1.PerceptionsofResponsestoReportingSexualAssaultorSexualMisconducttoan
OfficialbyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total
StdErr

Male(n=2,389)

StdErr

StdErr

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)
%

StdErr

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)
%

StdErr

Ifsomeoneweretoreportsexualassaultorsexualmisconducttoanofficial,howlikelyisitthat...

Studentswouldsupportthepersonmakingthereport.
Notatall

1.8

0.2

1.8

0.3

2.9

0.7

1.2

0.3

2.6

0.6

Alittle

8.7

0.4

9.3

0.7

13.4

1.7

6.8

0.6

9.0

1.0

Somewhat

28.1

0.7

27.5

1.2

35.0

2.3

26.6

1.2

28.3

1.8

Very

46.0

0.7

46.6

1.3

39.5

2.1

47.6

1.1

45.7

2.0

Extremely

15.4

0.5

14.7

0.9

9.2

1.2

17.8

0.9

14.4

1.1

Theallegedoffender(s)ortheirassociateswouldretaliateagainstthepersonmakingthereport.
Notatall

10.1

0.4

8.3

0.6

8.0

1.2

12.1

0.9

10.4

1.2

Alittle

30.6

0.6

26.9

1.0

30.9

2.1

35.3

1.2

28.3

1.7

Somewhat

40.7

0.7

43.3

1.2

40.5

2.6

38.5

1.2

39.8

1.4

Very

15.3

0.5

17.7

1.0

16.3

1.5

11.5

0.8

18.1

1.2

Extremely

3.4

0.3

3.9

0.5

4.3

1.0

2.5

0.4

3.4

0.6

Campusofficialswouldtakethereportseriously.
Notatall

2.2

0.2

1.7

0.3

2.8

0.8

2.2

0.4

2.9

0.6

Alittle

5.5

0.4

5.2

0.6

9.9

1.4

4.4

0.5

5.8

0.9

Somewhat

18.9

0.6

20.1

0.9

22.2

2.0

16.6

1.1

18.9

1.4

Very

41.6

0.8

42.9

1.1

45.3

2.3

39.3

1.4

42.1

2.1

Extremely

31.8

0.7

30.1

1.1

19.8

1.9

37.5

1.3

30.3

1.8

Table1.1.PerceptionsofResponsestoReportingSexualAssaultorSexualMisconducttoan
OfficialbyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total
%

StdErr

StdErr

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)
%

StdErr

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

Campusofficialswouldprotectthesafetyofthepersonmakingthereport.
Notatall

2.6

0.2

2.1

0.3

3.8

0.9

2.4

0.5

3.0

0.5

Alittle

6.7

0.4

7.0

0.6

10.3

1.2

5.5

0.6

6.6

1.0

Somewhat

24.8

0.7

26.6

1.1

29.0

2.1

22.1

1.1

23.9

1.6

Very

37.9

0.9

37.9

1.3

37.7

2.3

37.5

1.4

39.9

2.2

Extremely

28.0

0.8

26.4

1.2

19.2

1.8

32.5

1.2

26.7

1.9

Campusofficialswouldconductafairinvestigation.
Notatall

2.7

0.2

1.9

0.3

3.9

1.1

2.9

0.4

3.3

0.7

Alittle

6.7

0.4

6.5

0.6

8.0

1.2

6.6

0.6

6.7

1.0

Somewhat

26.4

0.7

26.4

1.1

29.5

2.1

24.8

1.1

27.5

1.8

Very

41.5

0.7

43.3

1.1

42.3

1.8

40.6

1.2

40.1

1.9

Extremely

22.7

0.7

22.0

1.2

16.4

1.8

25.1

1.0

22.5

1.5

Campusofficialswouldtakeactionagainsttheoffender(s).
Notatall

2.5

0.2

2.3

0.4

4.8

1.2

2.0

0.4

2.8

0.7

Alittle

7.8

0.4

8.7

0.6

13.2

1.6

6.0

0.6

6.2

1.0

Somewhat

28.4

0.7

31.2

1.2

35.8

2.3

23.6

1.1

29.0

1.6

Very

39.5

0.8

38.5

1.3

33.3

1.6

42.2

1.5

39.7

1.8

Extremely

21.7

0.7

19.3

1.0

12.9

1.7

26.2

1.1

22.3

2.0

Campusofficialswouldtakeactiontoaddressfactorsthatmayhaveledtothesexualassaultorsexualmisconduct.
Notatall

4.4

0.3

4.1

0.5

7.3

1.3

3.8

0.5

3.7

0.7

Alittle

11.0

0.5

10.9

0.8

17.4

1.6

9.4

0.8

11.0

1.4

Somewhat

32.7

0.8

33.5

1.2

30.4

2.3

32.8

1.1

32.2

1.9

Very

35.1

0.8

35.4

1.2

32.7

2.1

35.1

1.2

36.5

2.1

Extremely

16.8

0.6

16.1

0.9

12.1

1.5

18.9

1.0

16.5

1.6

1
2

Per100students.
TGQN=Transgenderwoman,Transgenderman,Genderqueer,gendernonconforming,questioning,notlisted.

Table1.1.PerceptionsofResponsestoReportingSexualAssaultorSexualMisconducttoan
OfficialbyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2(continued)

TGQN(n=36)

SurveyItem
Response

Undergraduate
(n=26)
%

GraduateorProfessional
(n=10)
StdErr

StdErr

Ifsomeoneweretoreportsexualassaultorsexualmisconducttoanofficial,howlikelyisitthat...

Studentswouldsupportthepersonmakingthereport.
Notatall

Alittle

Somewhat

39.2

10.8

25.7

15.4

Very

28.1

10.5

40.7

19.6

Extremely

22.8

9.3

Theallegedoffender(s)ortheirassociateswouldretaliateagainstthepersonmakingthereport.
Notatall

43.5

17.1

Alittle

16.6

6.5

28.6

17.5

Somewhat

45.2

8.2

Very

17.3

7.7

Extremely

16.9

7.1

Alittle

11.5

6.2

Somewhat

27.9

7.7

26.4

15.5

Very

44.6

9.0

30.4

17.9

Extremely

15.9

7.9

34.6

15.6

Campusofficialswouldtakethereportseriously.
Notatall

Table1.1.PerceptionsofResponsestoReportingSexualAssaultorSexualMisconducttoan
OfficialbyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2(continued)

TGQN(n=36)

SurveyItem
Response

Undergraduate
(n=26)
%

GraduateorProfessional
(n=10)
StdErr

StdErr

Campusofficialwouldprotectthesafetyofthepersonmakingthereport.
Notatall

Alittle

Somewhat

32.9

8.5

26.4

15.7

Very

30.0

7.1

Extremely

30.7

9.0

Campusofficialswouldconductafairinvestigation.
Notatall

Alittle

Somewhat

50.9

7.7

22.9

14.0

Very

21.5

7.2

33.5

18.8

Extremely

21.2

8.9

Campusofficialswouldtakeactionagainsttheoffender(s).
Notatall

Alittle

24.4

9.6

Somewhat

29.6

9.1

25.7

15.4

Very

29.7

8.3

33.5

18.8

Extremely

16.3

7.7

Campusofficialswouldtakeactiontoaddressfactorsthatmayhaveledtothesexualassaultorsexualmisconduct.
Notatall

20.0

6.2

Alittle

18.4

10.4

Somewhat

29.8

10.6

35.1

17.8

Very

18.1

8.9

Extremely

13.7

7.4

1
2

Per100students.
TGQN=Transgenderwoman,Transgenderman,Genderqueer,gendernonconforming,questioning,notlisted.

Table1.2.BystanderInterventionUponWitnessingSexualAssaultorSexualMisconductbyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total
%

StdErr

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

Haveyoubeeninanyofthefollowingsituations? Ifso,whatdidyoudo?

Suspectedafriendwassexuallyassaulted
Yes

11.0

0.6

12.5

0.9

13.6

1.5

10.1

0.8

6.8

0.9

DidnothingbecauseIwasntsurewhattodo

12.3

1.2

12.3

2.0

8.8

3.1

11.6

2.6

14.6

5.3

Didnothingforanotherreason

19.5

1.7

14.9

2.3

18.5

5.0

20.0

3.3

41.7

7.3

Spoketomyfriendorsomeoneelsetoseekhelp

58.1

2.3

61.7

3.5

61.5

6.3

58.6

3.9

38.0

7.4

Tookactioninanotherway

10.1

1.5

11.1

2.2

11.2

3.6

9.8

2.4

5.6

3.3

89.0

0.6

87.5

0.9

86.4

1.5

89.9

0.8

93.2

0.9

35.2

0.7

35.7

1.0

27.5

1.8

40.9

1.3

23.5

1.9

DidnothingbecauseIwasntsurewhattodo

21.1

0.9

24.3

1.6

30.5

3.7

18.4

1.2

13.0

3.0

Didnothingforanotherreason

55.4

1.2

49.8

1.7

46.9

4.6

59.6

1.9

67.0

4.0

Directlyintervenedtostopit

8.3

0.6

9.5

1.3

6.7

2.3

7.8

0.9

6.0

1.8

Spoketosomeoneelsetoseekhelp

5.7

0.5

8.0

0.9

5.8

1.8

4.3

0.8

2.8

1.4

Tookactioninanotherway

9.5

0.8

8.3

1.2

10.1

2.6

9.9

1.4

11.3

2.2

64.8

0.7

64.3

1.0

72.5

1.8

59.1

1.3

76.5

1.9

No
Witnesseddrunkpersonheadingforsexualencounter
Yes

No

Table1.2.BystanderInterventionUponWitnessingSexualAssaultorSexualMisconductbyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2
(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Total
%

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

11.7

0.5

13.5

0.7

17.4

1.7

9.9

0.8

7.5

1.2

DidnothingbecauseIwasntsurewhattodo

26.5

2.0

31.2

3.5

25.5

5.0

21.7

3.0

22.9

6.8

Didnothingforanotherreason

29.2

2.2

28.2

3.4

22.7

5.4

29.1

3.9

48.8

7.5

Directlyintervenedtostopit

17.8

1.4

13.2

2.5

22.7

4.4

20.0

2.6

19.9

5.7

Spoketosomeoneelsetoseekhelp

12.9

1.5

12.6

2.0

22.5

5.4

11.6

2.5

Tookactioninanotherway

13.5

1.6

14.9

2.8

6.6

2.6

17.6

2.8

5.2

3.0

88.3

0.5

86.5

0.7

82.6

1.7

90.1

0.8

92.5

1.2

Witnessedsomeoneactinginsexuallyviolentorharassingmanner
Yes

No

Table1.2.BystanderInterventionUponWitnessingSexualAssaultorSexualMisconductbyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2
(continued)

TGQN(n=36)

SurveyItem
Response

Undergraduate
(n=26)
%

GraduateorProfessional
(n=10)

StdErr

StdErr

25.3

10.2

43.0

19.7

Didnothingforanotherreason

Spoketomyfriendorsomeoneelsetoseekhelp

Tookactioninanotherway

74.7

10.2

81.7

11.1

41.9

9.5

58.0

15.6

DidnothingbecauseIwasntsurewhattodo

26.5

14.3

Didnothingforanotherreason

28.5

14.3

Directlyintervenedtostopit

Spoketosomeoneelsetoseekhelp

Tookactioninanotherway

58.1

9.5

42.0

15.6

Haveyoubeeninanyofthefollowingsituations? Ifso,whatdidyoudo?

Suspectedafriendwassexuallyassaulted
Yes
DidnothingbecauseIwasntsurewhattodo

No
Witnesseddrunkpersonheadingforsexualencounter
Yes

No

Table1.2.BystanderInterventionUponWitnessingSexualAssaultorSexualMisconductbyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2
(continued)

TGQN(n=36)

SurveyItem
Response

Undergraduate
(n=26)

GraduateorProfessional
(n=10)

StdErr

StdErr

23.6

8.9

37.6

14.5

DidnothingbecauseIwasntsurewhattodo

Didnothingforanotherreason

52.7

20.4

Spoketosomeoneelsetoseekhelp

Tookactioninanotherway

76.4

8.9

62.4

14.5

Witnessedsomeoneactinginsexuallyviolentorharassingmanner
Yes

Directlyintervenedtostopit

No

1
2

Per100students.
TGQN=Transgenderwoman,Transgenderman,Genderqueer,gendernonconforming,questioning,notlisted.

Table1.3.PerceptionsRelatedtoSexualAssaultorSexualMisconductbyGenderand
EnrollmentStatus1,2

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total
%

StdErr

StdErr

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

Sexualassaultorsexualmisconductaproblematuniversity
Notatall

33.2

0.8

27.2

1.1

30.5

1.8

36.5

1.2

42.8

1.9

Alittle

39.8

0.8

42.7

1.0

34.4

2.3

40.5

1.4

34.0

1.9

Somewhat

22.4

0.6

25.1

1.0

27.2

1.8

19.7

1.0

18.3

1.4

Very

3.5

0.3

3.9

0.4

5.5

0.9

2.8

0.4

3.2

0.6

Extremely

1.1

0.1

1.2

0.2

2.4

0.6

0.5

0.2

1.6

0.5

Likelihoodofexperiencingsexualassaultorsexualmisconductoncampus
Notatall

68.9

0.7

54.6

1.3

54.1

1.8

82.8

1.1

82.1

1.0

Alittle

23.2

0.6

33.3

1.0

32.2

1.7

13.8

1.0

14.3

1.0

Somewhat

6.3

0.4

9.9

0.7

8.5

1.1

3.2

0.5

2.5

0.5

Very

1.3

0.1

1.7

0.3

3.9

0.7

0.2

0.1

0.9

0.4

Extremely

0.3

0.1

0.5

0.2

1.2

0.5

Likelihoodofexperiencingsexualassaultorsexualmisconductoffcampusatuniversitysponsoredevents
Notatall

55.0

0.8

37.4

1.1

43.1

2.1

70.4

1.4

70.0

1.9

Alittle

29.4

0.6

38.5

1.0

33.7

2.2

21.5

1.1

23.3

1.7

Somewhat

12.6

0.5

18.9

0.9

18.6

1.4

7.1

0.7

5.6

0.9

Very

2.5

0.2

4.5

0.5

3.7

0.7

0.8

0.2

0.7

0.3

Extremely

0.5

0.1

0.7

0.2

1.0

0.4

0.2

0.1

0.5

0.3

1
2

Per100students.
TGQN=Transgenderwoman,Transgenderman,Genderqueer,gendernonconforming,questioning,notlisted.

Table1.3.PerceptionsRelatedtoSexualAssaultorSexualMisconductbyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2
(continued)

TGQN(n=36)

SurveyItem
Response

Undergraduate
(n=26)
%

GraduateorProfessional
(n=10)
StdErr

StdErr

Sexualassaultorsexualmisconductaproblematuniversity
Notatall

12.7

7.2

39.6

16.2

Alittle

46.2

9.8

Somewhat

33.3

9.9

34.0

13.4

Very

Extremely

Likelihoodofexperiencingsexualassaultorsexualmisconductoncampus
Notatall

29.8

8.7

49.3

15.4

Alittle

43.1

10.5

25.4

15.3

Somewhat

19.2

8.1

Very

Extremely

Likelihoodofexperiencingsexualassaultorsexualmisconductoffcampusatuniversitysponsoredevents
Notatall

37.6

8.9

39.6

16.2

Alittle

34.6

8.9

25.4

15.4

Somewhat

24.7

8.4

26.4

15.7

Very

Extremely

1
2

Per100students.
TGQN=Transgenderwoman,Transgenderman,Genderqueer,gendernonconforming,questioning,notlisted.

Table2.1.KnowledgeandPerceptionsAboutResourcesRelatedtoSexualAssaultorSexualMisconductbyGenderand
EnrollmentStatus1

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Total

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

AwareofservicesprovidedbyTAMUPoliceDepartmentVictim's
Services

43.2

0.7

44.7

1.3

37.2

1.6

44.3

1.3

40.0

2.1

AwareofservicesprovidedbyTAMUTitleIXCoordinator

14.4

0.5

11.7

0.8

16.1

2.0

16.4

0.8

14.4

1.2

AwareofservicesprovidedbyTAMUStudentCounselingService

74.4

0.5

83.3

0.9

69.8

1.8

73.1

1.0

57.8

1.5

AwareofservicesprovidedbyTAMUStudentHealthServices

77.2

0.6

85.7

0.7

72.8

2.0

75.0

1.2

64.0

1.5

AwareofservicesprovidedbyTAMUStudentAssistanceServices

25.9

0.6

26.0

0.9

16.3

1.5

31.2

1.2

18.3

1.6

AwareofservicesprovidedbyLocalPoliceDepartments

70.5

0.6

75.7

1.0

56.0

2.3

73.3

1.1

59.4

1.7

AwareofservicesprovidedbyTAMUDeanofStudentLife

31.1

0.8

32.9

1.1

22.9

1.9

34.0

1.3

23.6

1.3

AwareofservicesprovidedbyTAMUDeanofFaculties

15.7

0.5

16.2

0.8

8.7

1.2

18.0

1.0

13.6

1.3

AwareofservicesprovidedbyLocalAreaHospitals

52.9

0.6

59.4

1.2

40.0

1.9

55.7

1.2

37.5

2.0

AwareofservicesprovidedbyTAMUStudentCounselingServices
AfterhoursHelpline

48.3

0.7

61.6

1.1

40.0

2.0

45.1

1.3

26.5

1.6

AwareofservicesprovidedbyTAMUWomen'sResourceCenter

40.9

0.6

60.4

1.2

49.9

2.1

27.0

1.1

18.5

1.3

AwareofservicesprovidedbyTAMUGLBTResourceCenter

32.4

0.6

38.1

1.3

26.9

1.8

32.2

1.2

19.8

1.2

AwareofservicesprovidedbySexualAssaultResourceCenter

26.7

0.7

32.9

1.1

21.8

1.9

25.6

1.2

16.4

1.3

AwareofservicesprovidedbyTAMUEmployeeAssistanceProgram

13.5

0.4

11.4

0.8

12.7

1.4

14.8

0.8

16.5

1.1

AwareofservicesprovidedbyTAMUStudentConductOffice

25.0

0.7

24.1

0.8

18.9

1.5

30.2

1.2

17.6

1.4

Awarenessofservices

Table2.1.KnowledgeandPerceptionsAboutResourcesRelatedtoSexualAssaultorSexualMisconductbyGenderand
EnrollmentStatus1(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total
StdErr

StdErr

Male(n=2,389)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

Knowledgeableabouthowsexualassaultandsexualmisconductdefinedatuniversity
Notatall

20.5

0.5

22.6

0.8

23.9

1.6

18.0

0.9

19.5

1.5

Alittlebit

26.4

0.6

28.2

0.9

28.9

1.6

24.6

1.1

25.0

1.7

Somewhat

32.1

0.7

30.9

1.2

27.2

1.9

33.8

1.1

34.0

2.0

Very

15.8

0.5

13.7

0.7

16.5

1.4

17.3

1.1

16.7

1.3

Extremely

5.2

0.3

4.5

0.4

3.5

0.8

6.3

0.6

4.9

0.9

Knowledgeableaboutwheretogethelpatuniversityifstudentorfriendexperiencesexualassaultorsexualmisconduct
Notatall

13.9

0.5

11.9

0.8

16.7

1.5

14.4

0.9

16.8

1.2

Alittlebit

26.3

0.5

26.4

0.9

28.2

2.0

24.9

0.9

29.0

1.6

Somewhat

36.3

0.7

36.5

1.2

35.3

1.9

37.2

1.1

34.2

1.9

Very

17.8

0.5

19.8

0.8

14.1

1.6

17.8

1.0

14.9

1.4

Extremely

5.6

0.3

5.3

0.6

5.8

1.1

5.6

0.6

5.0

0.8

Knowledgeableaboutwheretomakeareportifstudentorfriendexperiencesexualassaultorsexualmisconductatuniversity
Notatall

21.2

0.6

22.6

1.1

24.0

1.7

19.7

1.0

20.6

1.3

Alittlebit

25.6

0.6

27.0

1.1

24.6

1.6

24.4

1.2

26.5

1.4

Somewhat

31.1

0.7

30.4

1.0

30.2

1.5

31.3

1.3

32.5

1.6

Very

16.2

0.5

15.4

0.9

16.7

1.2

17.6

1.0

14.4

1.1

Extremely

5.8

0.3

4.6

0.5

4.4

0.9

7.0

0.6

6.0

0.8

Table2.1.KnowledgeandPerceptionsAboutResourcesRelatedtoSexualAssaultorSexualMisconductbyGenderand
EnrollmentStatus1(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total
%

StdErr

StdErr

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)
%

StdErr

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

Knowledgeableaboutwhathappenswhenastudentreportssexualassaultorsexualmisconductatuniversity
Notatall

43.9

0.7

49.3

1.1

46.5

1.7

39.4

1.2

39.9

2.0

Alittlebit

25.2

0.6

24.4

0.9

25.8

1.8

25.9

1.1

25.4

1.6

Somewhat

22.2

0.6

19.7

0.8

18.2

1.5

24.6

1.2

24.8

1.4

Very

6.3

0.3

4.7

0.4

7.0

1.0

6.9

0.7

8.0

1.0

Extremely

2.4

0.2

1.9

0.3

2.4

0.6

3.2

0.4

1.8

0.4

Initialuniversityorientationincludedinformationaboutsexualassaultorsexualmisconduct
Yes

57.7

1.2

63.6

1.8

32.1

3.1

66.2

2.1

36.1

2.5

Notatall

7.6

0.9

6.4

1.1

8.1

3.7

9.6

1.5

4.1

1.8

Alittle

19.6

1.3

21.5

1.8

29.7

6.3

18.0

1.7

15.0

3.3

Somewhat

43.3

1.5

42.0

2.4

38.4

5.7

44.8

2.3

43.2

4.3

Very

26.2

1.4

27.8

2.1

19.0

4.4

23.2

1.9

36.5

4.3

Extremely

3.3

0.6

2.3

0.6

4.4

1.0

No

7.6

0.6

6.0

1.0

14.9

3.0

5.0

0.8

14.1

2.1

Ididn'tattendorientation

6.5

0.5

3.4

0.7

20.1

2.9

2.8

0.6

15.5

2.2

Idon'tremember

28.2

1.2

27.0

1.6

33.0

3.8

26.0

1.9

34.3

2.5

Per100students.

Table3.1a.PercentofUndergraduateFemaleStudentsExperiencingNonconsensual
PenetrationorSexualTouchingInvolvingPhysicalForceorIncapacitationbyTactic,Current
Yearvs.SinceEnteringCollegeandEnrollmentStatus1

SurveyItem
Response

CurrentSchoolYear

SinceEnteringCollege

Number

StdErr

Number

StdErr

1,880

8.8

0.7

3,157

14.8

0.7

724

3.4

0.4

1,482

7.0

0.6

392

1.8

0.3

710

3.3

0.4

Completed

251

1.2

0.3

520

2.4

0.4

Attempted

196

0.9

0.2

407

1.9

0.3

Incapacitationonly

348

1.6

0.3

782

3.7

0.4

Bothphysicalforceandincapacitation

74

0.3

0.1

216

1.0

0.3

1,486

7.0

0.5

2,259

10.6

0.6

Physicalforceonly

976

4.6

0.4

1,493

7.0

0.5

Incapacitationonly

544

2.6

0.4

898

4.2

0.4

Bothphysicalforceandincapacitation

67

0.3

0.1

98

0.5

0.1

TotalInvolvingphysicalforceorincapacitation

Penetration
Physicalforceonly

SexualTouching

Per100students.

Table3.1b.PercentofGraduateFemaleStudentsExperiencingNonconsensualPenetration
orSexualTouchingInvolvingPhysicalForceorIncapacitationbyTactic,CurrentYearvs.
SinceEnteringCollegeandEnrollmentStatus1

SurveyItem
Response

CurrentSchoolYear

SinceEnteringCollege

Number

StdErr

Number

StdErr

175

3.3

0.8

412

7.7

1.1

65

1.2

0.5

149

2.8

0.8

55

1.0

0.5

78

1.5

0.6

Completed

47

0.9

0.5

Attempted

31

0.6

0.3

Incapacitationonly

65

1.2

0.4

Bothphysicalforceandincapacitation

131

2.4

0.7

346

6.4

1.0

Physicalforceonly

103

1.9

0.6

226

4.2

0.8

Incapacitationonly

29

0.5

0.3

128

2.4

0.7

TotalInvolvingphysicalforceorincapacitation

Penetration
Physicalforceonly

SexualTouching

Bothphysicalforceandincapacitation

Per100students.

Table3.1c.PercentofUndergraduateMaleStudentsExperiencingNonconsensual
PenetrationorSexualTouchingInvolvingPhysicalForceorIncapacitationbyTactic,Current
Yearvs.SinceEnteringCollegeandEnrollmentStatus1

SurveyItem
Response

CurrentSchoolYear

SinceEnteringCollege

Number

StdErr

Number

StdErr

576

2.8

0.4

846

4.0

0.5

249

1.2

0.3

401

1.9

0.3

125

0.6

0.2

169

0.8

0.2

Completed

69

0.3

0.1

69

0.3

0.1

Attempted

66

0.3

0.1

131

0.6

0.2

143

0.7

0.2

232

1.1

0.3

444

2.1

0.4

591

2.8

0.4

Physicalforceonly

274

1.3

0.3

383

1.8

0.4

Incapacitationonly

176

0.8

0.2

228

1.1

0.2

TotalInvolvingphysicalforceorincapacitation

Penetration
Physicalforceonly

Incapacitationonly
Bothphysicalforceandincapacitation

SexualTouching

Bothphysicalforceandincapacitation

Per100students.

Table3.1d.PercentofGraduateMaleStudentsExperiencingNonconsensualPenetrationor
SexualTouchingInvolvingPhysicalForceorIncapacitationbyTactic,CurrentYearvs.Since
EnteringCollegeandEnrollmentStatus1

SurveyItem
Response

CurrentSchoolYear

SinceEnteringCollege

Number

StdErr

Number

StdErr

64

0.8

0.3

112

1.4

0.4

23

0.3

0.1

70

0.8

0.3

23

0.3

0.1

32

0.4

0.2

Completed

23

0.3

0.1

32

0.4

0.2

Attempted

Incapacitationonly

38

0.5

0.3

Bothphysicalforceandincapacitation

49

0.6

0.3

72

0.9

0.3

Physicalforceonly

49

0.6

0.3

49

0.6

0.3

Incapacitationonly

Bothphysicalforceandincapacitation

TotalInvolvingphysicalforceorincapacitation

Penetration
Physicalforceonly

SexualTouching

Per100students.

Table3.1e.PercentofUndergraduateStudentsofOtherGenderExperiencing
NonconsensualPenetrationorSexualTouchingInvolvingPhysicalForceorIncapacitationby
Tactic,CurrentYearvs.SinceEnteringCollegeandEnrollmentStatus1

SurveyItem
Response

CurrentSchoolYear

SinceEnteringCollege

Number

StdErr

Number

StdErr

53

15.3

8.6

Completed

Attempted

Incapacitationonly

Bothphysicalforceandincapacitation

Physicalforceonly

Incapacitationonly

Bothphysicalforceandincapacitation

TotalInvolvingphysicalforceorincapacitation

Penetration
Physicalforceonly

SexualTouching

Per100students.

Table3.1f.PercentofGraduateStudentsofOtherGenderExperiencingNonconsensual
PenetrationorSexualTouchingInvolvingPhysicalForceorIncapacitationbyTactic,Current
Yearvs.SinceEnteringCollegeandEnrollmentStatus1

SurveyItem
Response

CurrentSchoolYear

SinceEnteringCollege

Number

StdErr

Number

StdErr

45

43.4

21.8

45

43.4

21.8

Completed

Attempted

Incapacitationonly

Bothphysicalforceandincapacitation

Physicalforceonly

Incapacitationonly

Bothphysicalforceandincapacitation

TotalInvolvingphysicalforceorincapacitation

Penetration
Physicalforceonly

SexualTouching

Per100students.

Table3.2.PercentofStudentsExperiencingNonconsensualPenetrationorSexualTouching
InvolvingPhysicalForceorIncapacitationbyVictimCharacteristics,GenderandEnrollment
Status1,2,3

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Total

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

Heterosexual

7.6

0.4

14.0

0.8

7.3

1.2

3.6

0.4

1.4

0.5

NonHeterosexual

17.3

2.1

28.0

4.6

11.7

4.1

13.9

4.7

Hispanic

9.2

1.2

13.7

2.1

11.6

4.1

4.9

1.2

NotHispanic

8.0

0.4

15.2

0.9

7.0

1.1

3.8

0.5

1.4

0.4

AmericanIndianorAlaskaNative 6.5

2.0

13.4

5.1

Asian

5.3

0.8

15.2

3.1

1.8

0.9

4.0

1.5

1.2

0.6

BlackorAfricanAmerican

12.3

2.1

21.2

4.2

14.9

5.3

8.3

0.4

14.3

0.7

7.9

1.4

3.9

0.5

1.3

0.5

Yes

12.3

2.7

18.1

4.3

5.7

3.1

No

8.1

0.4

14.7

0.8

7.4

1.2

4.0

0.5

1.3

0.4

Nevermarried

5.3

0.9

9.8

1.7

1.7

0.7

Notmarriedbutlivingwitha
partner

5.2

2.0

6.8

3.2

Married

1.5

0.6

3.7

1.6

Divorcedorseparated

Other

Sexualorientation

Ethnicity

Race

NativeHawaiianorOtherPacific
Islander
White
Disability

Maritalstatus

Table3.2.PercentofStudentsExperiencingNonconsensualPenetrationorSexualTouching
InvolvingPhysicalForceorIncapacitationbyVictimCharacteristics,GenderandEnrollment
Status1,2,3(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Total
%

StdErr

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

YearinSchoolandTimingofIncidents
Undergraduate

Currentyear

Freshman

6.8

0.8

11.9

1.7

2.7

0.9

Sophomore

6.0

0.8

8.6

1.3

3.4

0.9

Junior

5.6

0.8

8.2

1.2

2.2

0.8

Senior

5.4

0.7

8.0

1.2

2.8

0.7

Sinceenteringcollege

Freshman

6.9

0.8

11.9

1.7

2.7

0.9

Sophomore

7.6

0.9

10.8

1.5

4.3

1.0

Junior

9.6

1.0

15.1

1.6

3.0

0.9

Senior

11.8

0.9

18.1

1.5

5.2

0.9

Table3.2.PercentofStudentsExperiencingNonconsensualPenetrationorSexualTouching
InvolvingPhysicalForceorIncapacitationbyVictimCharacteristics,GenderandEnrollment
Status1,2,3(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Total

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

1styear

1.8

0.6

3.2

1.3

2ndyear

2.5

0.9

3.8

1.5

3rdyear

4.2

1.5

4.8

2.6

3.5

2.0

4thyear

5thyear

6thyearorhigher

1styear

3.1

0.7

6.3

1.7

0.8

0.4

2ndyear

4.2

1.0

6.9

1.9

1.3

0.7

3rdyear

6.3

1.9

9.1

3.4

3.5

2.0

4thyear

5thyear

14.0

3.9

33.1

9.3

Graduate/Professional

Currentyear

Sinceenteringcollege

6thyearorhigher

Sinceenrolledinthecollege. Per100students.
Includescontactinvolving:1)penetrationbyphysicalforceorthreatofphysicalforce,2)attempted,butnotcompleted,
penetrationbyphysicalforceorthreatofphysicalforce;3)penetrationbyincapacitation,4)sexualtouchingbyphysicalforceor
threatofphysicalforce,5)sexualtouchingbyincapacitation.
3
Unlessotherwisespecified,estimatesareforvictimizationsreportedsinceenteringcollege.
2

Table3.3.PercentofFemaleStudentsExperiencingNonconsensualSexualContactInvolving
PhysicalForceorIncapacitationbyTypeofBehavior,VictimCharacteristicsandEnrollment
Status1,2,3

Penetration

SurveyItem
Response

Total

Undergraduate

SexualTouching

Graduateor
Professional

Undergraduate

Graduateor
Professional

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

Heterosexual

12.8

0.7

6.6

0.6

2.8

0.8

10.0

0.7

5.9

1.0

NonHeterosexual

22.2

3.5

12.8

3.1

20.0

4.0

11.7

4.1

Hispanic

13.4

1.8

7.6

1.3

3.8

2.1

9.2

1.6

10.7

4.0

NotHispanic

13.4

0.7

6.8

0.7

2.6

0.7

11.1

0.7

5.7

1.0

AmericanIndianorAlaska
Native

11.8

4.3

6.8

3.8

9.8

4.7

Asian

9.4

1.9

2.6

1.5

13.3

3.0

1.8

0.9

BlackorAfricanAmerican

18.9

3.5

12.0

3.9

14.6

3.7

11.0

4.8

NativeHawaiianorOther
PacificIslander

13.3

0.6

6.8

0.6

2.5

0.8

10.3

0.7

6.7

1.3

Yes

18.4

3.9

7.3

3.1

8.0

8.2

11.7

3.5

No

13.2

0.6

6.9

0.6

2.7

0.8

10.6

0.7

6.1

1.0

Nevermarried

9.8

1.7

3.8

1.1

8.2

1.6

Notmarriedbutlivingwitha
partner

6.8

3.2

6.8

3.2

Married

3.7

1.6

2.5

1.4

Divorcedorseparated

Other

Sexualorientation

Ethnicity

Race

White
Disability

Maritalstatus

Table3.3.PercentofFemaleStudentsExperiencingNonconsensualSexualContactInvolving
PhysicalForceorIncapacitationbyTypeofBehavior,VictimCharacteristicsandEnrollment
Status1,2,3(continued)

Penetration

SurveyItem
Response

Total
%

Undergraduate

StdErr

SexualTouching

Graduateor
Professional

Undergraduate

Graduateor
Professional

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

YearinSchoolandTimingofIncidents
Undergraduate

Currentyear

Freshman

11.9

1.7

6.4

1.3

7.9

1.2

Sophomore

8.6

1.3

3.0

0.7

7.1

1.2

Junior

8.2

1.2

3.2

0.9

6.8

1.1

Senior

8.0

1.2

2.5

0.5

6.6

1.1

Sinceenteringcollege

Freshman

11.9

1.7

6.4

1.3

7.9

1.2

Sophomore

10.8

1.5

3.7

0.8

8.7

1.4

Junior

15.1

1.6

7.8

1.2

11.4

1.4

Senior

18.1

1.5

8.6

1.0

12.3

1.3

Graduate/Professional

Currentyear

1styear

3.2

1.3

3.2

1.3

2ndyear

3.8

1.5

3.2

1.4

3rdyear

4.8

2.6

4.3

2.5

4thyear

5thyear

6thyear

Table3.3.PercentofFemaleStudentsExperiencingNonconsensualSexualContactInvolving
PhysicalForceorIncapacitationbyTypeofBehavior,VictimCharacteristicsandEnrollment
Status1,2,3(continued)

Penetration

SurveyItem
Response

Total
%

Undergraduate

SexualTouching

Graduateor
Professional

Undergraduate

Graduateor
Professional

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

Sinceenteringcollege

1styear

6.3

1.7

5.3

1.6

2ndyear

6.9

1.9

2.4

1.2

6.3

1.9

3rdyear

9.1

3.4

4.3

2.5

7.0

2.8

4thyear

5thyear

33.1

9.3

22.6

8.8

26.0

8.9

6thyear

Sinceenrolledinthecollege. Per100students.
Includescontactinvolving:1)penetrationbyphysicalforceorthreatofphysicalforce,2)attempted,butnotcompleted,
penetrationbyphysicalforceorthreatofphysicalforce;3)penetrationbyincapacitation,4)sexualtouchingbyphysicalforceor
threatofphysicalforce,5)sexualtouchingbyincapacitation.
3
Unlessotherwisespecified,estimatesareforvictimizationsreportedsinceenteringcollege.
2

Table3.4a.NumberofTimesFemalesExperiencedNonconsensualPenetrationInvolving
PhysicalForceorIncapacitationbyEnrollmentStatusfortheCurrentyearandSinceEntering
College1,2

SurveyItem
Response

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total

GraduateorProfessional
(n=578)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

0times

97.0

0.3

96.6

0.4

98.8

0.5

1time

1.9

0.3

2.1

0.3

1.2

0.5

2times

0.7

0.2

0.9

0.2

3times

0.3

0.1

0.3

0.1

0times

93.9

0.5

93.0

0.6

97.2

0.8

1time

3.4

0.3

3.8

0.4

2.1

0.6

2times

1.5

0.3

1.8

0.3

3times

0.8

0.2

0.9

0.2

4ormoretimes

0.4

0.1

0.5

0.1

Currentschoolyear
Numberoftimes

4ormoretimes
Sinceenteringcollege
Numberoftimes

Per100students.
Includescontactthatwas:a)completedbyphysicalforceorthreatofphysicalforce;b)attemptedbutnotcompletedbyphysical
forceorthreatofphysicalforceorc)byincapacitation.
2

Table3.4b.NumberofTimesStudentsReportedNonconsensualSexualTouchingbyPhysical
ForceorIncapacitationbyCurrentSchoolYearorSinceEnteringCurrentCollegebyGender
andEnrollmentStatus1,2

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Total

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

0times

96.2

0.3

93.1

0.5

97.6

0.7

97.9

0.4

99.4

0.3

1time

2.2

0.2

4.0

0.4

1.5

0.6

1.2

0.2

0.4

0.2

2times

0.7

0.1

1.3

0.2

0.5

0.3

0.5

0.2

3times

0.4

0.1

0.8

0.2

0.3

0.2

4ormoretimes

0.4

0.1

0.8

0.2

0.2

0.1

0times

94.1

0.3

89.5

0.6

93.6

1.0

97.2

0.4

99.1

0.3

1time

2.8

0.3

4.9

0.5

3.4

0.8

1.4

0.3

0.5

0.3

2times

1.2

0.1

2.3

0.4

1.7

0.5

0.3

0.1

3times

0.8

0.1

1.5

0.3

0.8

0.4

0.3

0.1

4ormoretimes

1.1

0.2

1.9

0.3

0.6

0.3

0.9

0.3

Currentschoolyear
Numberoftimes

Sinceenteringcollege
Numberoftimes

1
2

Per100students.
Includescontactthatwas:a)completedbyphysicalforceorthreatofphysicalforceorb)byincapacitation.

Table3.5a.PercentofFemaleVictimsofNonconsensualPenetrationInvolvingPhysicalForce
orIncapacitationbyTimeOccurredDuringYear,LocationofIncidentandbyTactic1,2,3

SurveyItem
Response

ByForce

ByIncapacitation

StdErr

StdErr

Noincidentsoccurredduringacademicbreak

68.3

6.3

62.8

7.4

Someincidentsoccurredduringacademicbreak

20.9

5.8

13.8

4.5

Allincidentsoccurredduringacademicbreak

10.8

4.3

23.4

6.4

Yes

34.7

5.7

12.8

3.8

No

65.3

5.7

87.2

3.8

Universityresidencehall/dorm

64.2

9.3

39.9

21.0

FraternityorSororityhouse

11.7

5.9

Otherresidentialhousing

21.7

7.8

74.0

18.0

Nonresidentialbuilding

14.9

5.5

79.5

6.4

93.1

3.8

FraternityorSororityhouse

7.1

3.3

Otherspaceusedbysinglesexorg

25.4

6.5

Outdoororrecreationalspace

9.5

4.1

Someotherplace

6.4

3.6

Timeoccurredduringacademicbreak

Location
Diditoccuroncampusoraffiliatedproperty?

Onuniversityproperty

Otherspaceusedbysinglesexorg

Otherproperty(e.g.,outdoors)
Notonuniversityproperty
Privateresidence

Restaurant,bar,orclub
Othersocialvenue

Per100victims.
Nonconsensualpenetrationbyforceincludescontactthatwas:a)completedbyphysicalforceorthreatofphysicalforce;orb)
attemptedbutnotcompletedbyphysicalforceorthreatofphysicalforce.
3
Unlessotherwiseindicated,estimatesareforvictimizationsreportedsinceenteringcollege.
2

Table3.5b.PercentofFemaleVictimsofNonconsensualSexualTouchingInvolvingPhysical
ForceorIncapacitationbyTimeOccurredDuringYear,LocationofIncidentandbyTactic1,2,3

SurveyItem
Response

ByForce

ByIncapacitation

StdErr

StdErr

Noincidentsoccurredduringacademicbreak

74.6

3.5

71.4

6.3

Someincidentsoccurredduringacademicbreak

17.7

3.2

13.4

4.9

Allincidentsoccurredduringacademicbreak

7.7

2.1

15.2

4.4

Yes

23.9

3.8

15.8

4.8

No

76.1

3.8

84.2

4.8

30.2

8.9

70.4

13.9

FraternityorSororityhouse

Otherspaceusedbysinglesexorg

Otherresidentialhousing

12.1

5.3

23.6

13.0

Nonresidentialbuilding

19.7

7.7

Otherproperty(e.g.,outdoors)

58.9

10.3

Privateresidence

45.2

5.3

71.3

7.4

FraternityorSororityhouse

8.5

2.6

Restaurant,bar,orclub

50.4

4.6

38.2

7.2

Othersocialvenue

9.8

3.6

5.1

2.7

Outdoororrecreationalspace

5.5

2.1

6.0

3.3

Timeoccurredduringacademicbreak

Location
Diditoccuroncampusoraffiliatedproperty?

Onuniversityproperty
Universityresidencehall/dorm

Notonuniversityproperty

Otherspaceusedbysinglesexorg

Someotherplace

Per100victims.
Sexualtouchingbyforceincludescontactthatwascompletedbyphysicalforceorthreatofphysicalforce.
3
Unlessotherwiseindicated,estimatesareforvictimizationsreportedsinceenteringcollege.
2

Table3.5c.PercentofMaleVictimsofNonconsensualSexualTouchingInvolvingPhysical
ForceorIncapacitationbyTimeOccurredDuringYear,LocationofIncidentandbyTactic1,2,3

SurveyItem
Response

ByForce

ByIncapacitation

StdErr

StdErr

Noincidentsoccurredduringacademicbreak

59.8

9.5

67.7

12.8

Someincidentsoccurredduringacademicbreak

12.4

6.9

24.2

11.3

Allincidentsoccurredduringacademicbreak

27.8

8.4

Yes

25.5

7.9

19.6

10.0

No

74.5

7.9

80.4

10.0

53.4

22.5

FraternityorSororityhouse

Otherspaceusedbysinglesexorg

Otherresidentialhousing

Nonresidentialbuilding

59.8

22.1

31.9

12.7

87.7

8.4

FraternityorSororityhouse

Otherspaceusedbysinglesexorg

Restaurant,bar,orclub

40.1

11.4

34.7

13.7

Othersocialvenue

12.5

6.6

22.4

12.2

19.6

8.1

Timeoccurredduringacademicbreak

Location
Diditoccuroncampusoraffiliatedproperty?

Onuniversityproperty
Universityresidencehall/dorm

Otherproperty(e.g.,outdoors)
Notonuniversityproperty
Privateresidence

Outdoororrecreationalspace
Someotherplace

Per100victims.
Sexualtouchingbyforceincludescontactthatwascompletedbyphysicalforceorthreatofphysicalforce.
3
Unlessotherwiseindicated,estimatesareforvictimizationsreportedsinceenteringcollege.
2

Table3.6a.PercentofFemaleVictimsofNonconsensualPenetrationInvolvingPhysicalForce
orIncapacitationbyOffenderCharacteristicsandTactic1,2,3

SurveyItem
Response

ByForce

ByIncapacitation

StdErr

StdErr

100

0.0

100

0.0

Offendercharacteristics
Gender

Female

Male

Othergenderidentity

Numberofoffenders

1offender

74.8

5.3

73.9

6.0

2offenders

17.0

4.4

17.7

5.5

3ormoreoffenders

8.3

3.3

8.4

4.1

75.9

5.0

89.3

4.2

Universityaffiliation

Student

Facultyorinstructor

Coachortrainer

Otherstafforadministrator

Otherpersonaffiliatedwithauniversityprogram(ex.
internship,studyabroad)

Thepersonwasnotaffiliatedwithuniversity

13.9

4.0

4.8

2.6

Dontknowassociationwithuniversity

17.4

4.4

11.6

4.1

Relationshiptovictim

Atthetime,itwassomeoneIwasdatingorintimatewith

20.0

5.6

19.2

5.8

SomeoneIhaddatedorwasintimatewith

12.7

3.7

6.3

3.1

Teacheroradvisor

Coworker,bossorsupervisor

Friendoracquaintance

57.4

5.9

78.1

5.6

Stranger

28.2

5.3

17.0

4.5

Other

3.9

2.3

DontKnow

Per100victims.
Nonconsensualpenetrationbyforceincludescontactthatwas:a)completedbyphysicalforce orthreatofphysicalforce;orb)
attemptedbutnotcompletedbyphysicalforceorthreatofphysicalforce.
3
Unlessotherwiseindicated,estimatesareforvictimizationsreportedsinceenteringcollege.
2

Table3.6b.PercentofFemaleVictimsofNonconsensualSexualTouchingInvolvingPhysical
ForceorIncapacitationbyOffenderCharacteristicsandTactic1,2,3

SurveyItem
Response

ByForce

ByIncapacitation

StdErr

StdErr

Offendercharacteristics
Gender

Female

1.9

1.0

5.3

3.0

Male

98.8

0.8

96.2

2.5

Othergenderidentity

Numberofoffenders

1offender

72.2

3.8

72.2

5.5

2offenders

17.6

3.1

21.9

4.7

3ormoreoffenders

10.2

2.7

5.9

2.8

72.1

3.4

76.4

4.1

Universityaffiliation

Student

Facultyorinstructor

Coachortrainer

Otherstafforadministrator

Otherpersonaffiliatedwithauniversityprogram(ex.
internship,studyabroad)

Thepersonwasnotaffiliatedwithuniversity

25.4

3.6

9.9

3.4

Dontknowassociationwithuniversity

11.7

2.6

16.7

3.9

Relationshiptovictim

Atthetime,itwassomeoneIwasdatingorintimatewith

14.6

2.9

9.5

3.5

SomeoneIhaddatedorwasintimatewith

8.5

2.7

4.7

2.6

Teacheroradvisor

Coworker,bossorsupervisor

Friendoracquaintance

38.2

3.8

68.2

5.8

Stranger

50.2

4.0

22.9

5.4

Other

DontKnow

2.1

1.2

Per100victims.
Sexualtouchingbyforceincludescontactthatwascompletedbyphysicalforceorthreatofphysicalforce.
3
Unlessotherwiseindicated,estimatesareforvictimizationsreportedsinceenteringcollege.
2

Table3.6c.PercentofMaleVictimsofNonconsensualSexualTouchingInvolvingPhysical
ForceorIncapacitationbyOffenderCharacteristicsandTactic1,2,3

SurveyItem
Response

ByForce

ByIncapacitation

StdErr

StdErr

Offendercharacteristics
Gender

Female

89.1

5.4

75.4

10.7

Male

10.9

5.4

23.8

12.9

Othergenderidentity

Numberofoffenders

1offender

86.4

6.0

72.5

11.2

2offenders

21.0

9.7

3ormoreoffenders

10.1

5.8

83.0

6.5

80.7

9.7

Universityaffiliation

Student

Facultyorinstructor

Coachortrainer

Otherstafforadministrator

Otherpersonaffiliatedwithauniversityprogram(ex.
internship,studyabroad)

Thepersonwasnotaffiliatedwithuniversity

24.5

8.0

Dontknowassociationwithuniversity

Relationshiptovictim

Atthetime,itwassomeoneIwasdatingorintimatewith

21.5

8.5

SomeoneIhaddatedorwasintimatewith

14.4

6.9

Teacheroradvisor

Coworker,bossorsupervisor

Friendoracquaintance

38.3

9.0

55.8

12.2

Stranger

42.9

9.7

31.1

11.3

Other

DontKnow

8.4

4.9

Per100victims.
Sexualtouchingbyforceincludescontactthatwascompletedbyphysicalforceorthreatofphysicalforce.
3
Unlessotherwiseindicated,estimatesareforvictimizationsreportedsinceenteringcollege.
2

Table3.7a.PercentofFemaleVictimsofNonconsensualPenetrationInvolvingPhysicalForce
orIncapacitationbyInvolvementofSubstancesandTactic1,2,3

SurveyItem
Response

ByForce
%

ByIncapacitation
StdErr

StdErr

InvolvementofSubstances

Offenderdrinkingalcohol
Yes

57.8

5.8

92.3

3.7

No

31.3

6.0

Don'tknow

10.9

3.5

Yes

8.7

2.9

14.0

4.0

No

55.6

6.0

53.4

5.4

Don'tknow

35.7

5.7

32.6

6.0

Yes

46.4

5.8

91.2

3.6

No

53.6

5.8

8.8

3.6

Yes

3.9

1.9

7.0

3.1

No

96.1

1.9

93.0

3.1

Offenderusingdrugs

Victimvoluntarilydrinkingalcohol

Victimvoluntarilyusingdrugs

Victimgivenalcoholordrugswithoutknowledgeorconsent
Yes,Iamcertain

3.5

2.0

Isuspect,butIamnotcertain

11.1

3.8

11.7

4.6

No

81.3

4.3

70.4

5.6

Don'tknow

4.0

2.2

16.2

4.7

Yes

39.9

8.1

34.7

6.5

No

48.6

9.0

38.8

6.8

Notsure

11.5

4.8

26.4

5.9

Victimpassedoutforallorpartofincident

Per100victims.
Nonconsensualpenetrationbyforceincludescontactthatwas:a)completedbyphysicalforceorthreatofphysicalforce;orb)
attemptedbutnotcompletedbyphysicalforceorthreatofphysicalforce.
3
Unlessotherwiseindicated,estimatesareforvictimizationsreportedsinceenteringcollege.
2

Table3.7b.PercentofFemaleVictimsofNonconsensualSexualTouchingInvolvingPhysical
ForceorIncapacitationbyInvolvementofSubstancesandTactic1,2,3

SurveyItem
Response

ByForce
%

ByIncapacitation
StdErr

StdErr

InvolvementofSubstances

Offenderdrinkingalcohol
Yes

61.5

4.3

84.7

4.5

No

26.7

3.7

11.3

4.2

Don'tknow

11.9

3.0

3.9

2.3

Yes

5.7

2.2

7.7

3.1

No

40.9

4.4

63.2

6.3

Don'tknow

53.4

4.5

29.1

6.2

Yes

56.2

4.0

86.1

4.7

No

43.8

4.0

13.9

4.7

Yes

4.6

1.8

4.4

2.4

No

95.4

1.8

95.6

2.4

4.1

2.4

Isuspect,butIamnotcertain

2.5

1.2

5.7

2.9

No

88.5

2.4

82.0

4.7

Don'tknow

8.4

2.1

8.2

3.1

Yes

4.9

2.3

20.3

5.6

No

87.1

4.0

61.5

7.1

Notsure

8.0

3.1

18.2

4.7

Offenderusingdrugs

Victimvoluntarilydrinkingalcohol

Victimvoluntarilyusingdrugs

Victimgivenalcoholordrugswithoutknowledgeorconsent
Yes,Iamcertain

Victimpassedoutforallorpartofincident

Per100victims.
Sexualtouchingbyforceincludescontactthatwascompletedbyphysicalforceorthreatofphysicalforce.
3
Unlessotherwiseindicated,estimatesareforvictimizationsreportedsinceenteringcollege.
2

Table3.7c.PercentofMaleVictimsofNonconsensualSexualTouchingInvolvingPhysical
ForceorIncapacitationbyInvolvementofSubstancesandTactic1,2,3

SurveyItem
Response

ByForce
%

ByIncapacitation
StdErr

StdErr

InvolvementofSubstances

Offenderdrinkingalcohol
Yes

54.3

8.8

93.4

6.6

No

41.3

8.9

Yes

No

47.9

9.3

44.4

13.9

Don'tknow

44.4

9.0

50.7

14.1

Yes

45.8

8.7

88.4

8.0

No

54.2

8.7

Yes

No

96.6

3.3

88.9

7.0

Don'tknow
Offenderusingdrugs

Victimvoluntarilydrinkingalcohol

Victimvoluntarilyusingdrugs

Victimgivenalcoholordrugswithoutknowledgeorconsent
Yes,Iamcertain

Isuspect,butIamnotcertain

No

74.0

9.3

72.2

11.4

Don'tknow

17.3

7.9

Yes

40.8

13.2

No

72.7

11.9

53.6

13.1

Notsure

27.3

11.9

Victimpassedoutforallorpartofincident

Per100victims.
Sexualtouchingbyforceincludescontactthatwascompletedbyphysicalforceorthreatofphysicalforce.
3
Unlessotherwiseindicated,estimatesareforvictimizationsreportedsinceenteringcollege.
2

Table3.8a.PercentofFemaleVictimsofNonconsensualPenetrationInvolvingPhysicalForce
orIncapacitationbyPhysicalandEmotionalConsequencesandTactic1,2,3

ByForce

SurveyItem
Response

ByIncapacitation

StdErr

StdErr

14.9

4.0

6.5

2.8

80.6

13.1

Chippedorknockedoutteeth

Brokenbones

56.9

16.6

Contractasexuallytransmitteddisease

4.9

2.5

Becomepregnantfromtheexperience

79.8

4.4

88.6

3.8

Difficultyconcentratingonstudies,assignmentsorexams

51.2

5.7

43.4

5.8

Fearfulnessorbeingconcernedaboutsafety

38.0

5.0

16.0

4.5

Lossofinterestindailyactivities,orfeelingsofhelplessnessandhopelessness

42.3

5.4

35.7

6.2

Nightmaresortroublesleeping

40.7

5.4

20.2

5.3

Feelingnumbordetached

50.4

5.4

41.8

6.7

Headachesorstomachaches

26.1

4.4

10.8

4.0

Eatingproblemsordisorders

23.3

4.6

14.4

4.6

Increaseddrugoralcoholuse

20.2

4.4

21.0

4.7

Noneoftheabove

23.7

4.2

33.9

6.8

Consequences

Physical
Physicalinjuries
Bruises,blackeye,cuts,scratches,orswelling

Internalinjuryfromthesexualcontact(e.g.,vaginaloranaltearing)
Otherinjuries

Noneoftheabove

Emotional

Per100victims.
Penetrationbyforceincludescontactthatwas:a)completedbyphysicalforceorthreatofphysicalforce;orb)attemptedbutnot
completedbyphysicalforceorthreatofphysicalforce.
3
Unlessotherwiseindicated,estimatesareforvictimizationsreportedsinceenteringcollege.
2

Table3.8b.PercentofFemaleVictimsofNonconsensualSexualTouchingInvolvingPhysical
ForceorIncapacitationbyPhysicalandEmotionalConsequencesandTactic1,2,3

ByForce

SurveyItem
Response

ByIncapacitation

StdErr

StdErr

4.2

1.8

83.2

17.8

Chippedorknockedoutteeth

Brokenbones

57.0

29.2

Contractasexuallytransmitteddisease

Becomepregnantfromtheexperience

94.5

2.0

100.0

0.0

Difficultyconcentratingonstudies,assignmentsorexams

21.4

3.2

21.7

5.4

Fearfulnessorbeingconcernedaboutsafety

17.5

2.7

12.9

3.9

Lossofinterestindailyactivities,orfeelingsofhelplessnessandhopelessness

14.6

2.9

20.4

6.2

Nightmaresortroublesleeping

9.5

2.2

12.7

3.5

Feelingnumbordetached

18.9

3.2

29.5

6.3

Headachesorstomachaches

12.2

3.4

7.6

3.8

Eatingproblemsordisorders

5.5

1.9

7.5

3.0

Increaseddrugoralcoholuse

8.9

2.2

10.1

4.0

Noneoftheabove

58.3

3.9

51.4

6.9

Consequences

Physical
Physicalinjuries
Bruises,blackeye,cuts,scratches,orswelling

Internalinjuryfromthesexualcontact(e.g.,vaginaloranaltearing)
Otherinjuries

Noneoftheabove

Emotional

Per100victims.
Sexualtouchingbyforceincludescontactthatwascompletedbyphysicalforceorthreatofphysicalforce.
3
Unlessotherwiseindicated,estimatesareforvictimizationsreportedsinceenteringcollege.
2

Table3.8c.PercentofMaleVictimsofNonconsensualSexualTouchingInvolvingPhysical
ForceorIncapacitationbyPhysicalandEmotionalConsequencesandTactic1,2,3

ByForce

SurveyItem
Response

ByIncapacitation

StdErr

StdErr

Bruises,blackeye,cuts,scratches,orswelling

Chippedorknockedoutteeth

Brokenbones

Internalinjuryfromthesexualcontact(e.g.,vaginaloranaltearing)

Otherinjuries

Contractasexuallytransmitteddisease

Becomepregnantfromtheexperience

87.9

6.6

100.0

0.0

11.4

6.4

Fearfulnessorbeingconcernedaboutsafety

Lossofinterestindailyactivities,orfeelingsofhelplessnessandhopelessness

18.4

10.3

Nightmaresortroublesleeping

Feelingnumbordetached

Headachesorstomachaches

Eatingproblemsordisorders

Increaseddrugoralcoholuse

16.4

9.1

75.6

9.0

70.2

12.0

Consequences

Physical
Physicalinjuries

Noneoftheabove

Emotional
Difficultyconcentratingonstudies,assignmentsorexams

Noneoftheabove

Per100victims.
Sexualtouchingbyforceincludescontactthatwascompletedbyphysicalforceorthreatofphysicalforce.
3
Unlessotherwiseindicated,estimatesareforvictimizationsreportedsinceenteringcollege.
2

Table3.9a.PercentofFemaleVictimsofNonconsensualPenetrationorSexualTouching
InvolvingPhysicalForceorIncapacitationreportingtoaProgram,ReportingtoOthersand
ReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyBehaviorandTactic1,2,3

SurveyItem
Response

Penetration
ByForce
%

SexualTouching

By
Incapacitation

ByForce

By
Incapacitation

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

ReportofincidenttoaProgram

ReportedtoaProgram
Yes

23.0

5.2

13.6

4.2

5.8

2.3

5.6

2.9

No

77.0

5.2

86.4

4.2

94.2

2.3

94.4

2.9

DidnotcontactaProgram
Didnotknowwheretogoorwhototell

24.5

5.4

9.8

4.3

6.1

1.9

7.2

3.3

Feltembarrassed,ashamed,orthatitwouldbetoo
emotionallydifficult

47.2

6.0

42.7

8.0

14.3

3.1

14.3

4.7

Ididnotthinkanyonewouldbelieveme

20.6

5.8

9.8

4.2

7.0

2.3

6.7

3.7

Ididnotthinkitwasseriousenoughtoreport

48.2

6.5

64.1

7.8

79.8

3.2

74.4

5.8

Ididnotwantthepersontogetintotrouble

30.1

5.6

29.5

7.7

16.5

3.7

8.1

3.3

Ifearednegativesocialconsequences

27.7

5.4

25.6

6.2

19.1

3.9

9.1

3.9

Ididnotthinkanythingwouldbedone

28.9

6.4

6.0

3.3

24.8

4.0

13.8

5.5

Ifeareditwouldnotbekeptconfidential

32.0

6.1

23.0

5.8

8.2

2.4

6.0

2.8

5.2

1.8

8.2

3.4

Incidentdidnotoccurwhileattendingschool

38.5

6.3

42.9

7.3

26.8

4.1

21.1

4.5

OtherReason

9.2

3.9

16.0

5.6

9.5

2.7

7.5

3.3

Incidentwasnotoncampusorassociatedwiththe
school

Table3.9a.PercentofFemaleVictimsofNonconsensualPenetrationorSexualTouching
InvolvingPhysicalForceorIncapacitationreportingtoaProgram,ReportingtoOthersand
ReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyBehaviorandTactic1,2,3(continued)

SurveyItem
Response

Penetration
ByForce

SexualTouching

ByIncapacitation

ByForce

ByIncapacitation

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

Friend

72.6

5.2

77.9

5.7

77.2

4.0

72.9

5.7

Familymember

29.0

5.5

9.7

4.0

20.5

3.7

6.5

3.1

Faculty

3.6

2.0

Someoneelse

9.1

3.1

5.6

1.9

3.6

1.9

Ididnttellanyoneelse

17.8

4.4

21.6

5.8

20.3

3.9

25.7

5.9

Reporttoothers

Per100victims.
Includescontactinvolving:1)penetrationbyphysicalforceorthreatofphysicalforce,2)attempted,butnotcompleted,
penetrationbyphysicalforceorthreatofphysicalforce;3)penetrationbyincapacitation,4)sexualtouchingbyphysicalforceor
threatofphysicalforce,5)sexualtouchingbyincapacitation..
3
Unlessotherwiseindicated,estimatesareforvictimizationsreportedsinceenteringcollege.
2

Table3.9b.PercentofMaleVictimsofNonconsensualSexualTouchingInvolvingPhysical
ForceorIncapacitationReportingtoaProgram,ReportingtoOthersandReasonsWhyDid
NotReporttoaProgrambyTactic1,2,3

SurveyItem
Response

ByForce

ByIncapacitation

StdErr

StdErr

ReportofincidenttoaProgram
Reportedtoaprogram

Inapplicable

No

100

0.0

91.5

8.4

Yes

Didnotcontactaprogram

Didnotknowwheretogoorwhototell

Feltembarrassed,ashamed,orthatitwouldbetoo
emotionallydifficult

Ididnotthinkanyonewouldbelieveme

Ididnotthinkanythingwouldbedone

Ididnotthinkitwasseriousenoughtoreport

43.6

9.3

66.3

15.0

Ididnotwantthepersontogetintotrouble

30.1

12.1

Ifeareditwouldnotbekeptconfidential

Ifearednegativesocialconsequences

Incidentdidnotoccurwhileattendingschool

9.8

5.5

21.2

10.9

Incidentwasnotoncampusorassociatedwiththeschool

OtherReason

48.3

9.8

30.2

10.8

53.3

9.8

80.8

10.5

Reporttoothers

Friend

Familymember

Faculty

Someoneelse

12.3

6.9

Ididnttellanyoneelse

38.6

9.8

Per100victims.
Sexualtouchingbyforceincludescontactthatwascompletedbyphysicalforceorthreatofphysicalforce.
3
Unlessotherwiseindicated,estimatesareforvictimizationsreportedsinceenteringcollege.
2

Table3.9c.PercentofVictimsofNonconsensualPenetrationorSexualTouchingInvolvingPhysicalForceorIncapacitation
reportingtoaProgram,ReportingtoOthersandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoanOrganization1,2

SurveyItem
Response

TAMUPoliceDepartment
Victim'sServices

TAMUTitleIXCoordinator

TAMUStudentCounseling
Service

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

14.3

8.5

66.2

8.8

84.8

26.4

78.3

8.1

Fallof2013Summerof2014

Fallof2012Summerof2013

13.8

6.4

PriortoFall2012

Notatall

13.3

7.1

Alittle

9.2

5.7

Somewhat

25.4

14.1

Very

30.7

13.2

Extremely

21.5

9.5

Toproceed

Nottoproceed

80.5

19.0

100.0

0.0

ReportofincidenttoaProgram
Whencontacted
Fallof2014present

Howuseful

EvaluationofContactmadesincefallof2014
Pressurefromuniversityonwhethertoproceed
Yes

No

Table3.9c.PercentofVictimsofNonconsensualPenetrationorSexualTouchingInvolvingPhysicalForceorIncapacitation
reportingtoaProgram,ReportingtoOthersandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoanOrganization1,2(continued)

SurveyItem
Response

TAMUPoliceDepartment
Victim'sServices

TAMUTitleIXCoordinator

TAMUStudentCounseling
Service

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

14.3

8.5

66.2

8.8

Excellent

53.1

11.4

Verygood

20.8

8.7

Good

12.8

7.0

Fair

Poor

Excellent

30.6

10.7

Verygood

64.8

16.8

29.2

12.4

Good

23.6

8.0

Fair

Poor

ReportofincidenttoaProgram
Programshowedrespecttowardsvictim

Helpedtounderstandoptions

Table3.9c.PercentofVictimsofNonconsensualPenetrationorSexualTouchingInvolvingPhysicalForceorIncapacitation
reportingtoaProgram,ReportingtoOthersandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoanOrganization1,2(continued)

SurveyItem
Response

TAMUStudentHealthServices

TAMUStudentAssistance
Services

LocalPoliceDepartments

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

25.9

6.4

8.4

3.7

20.3

6.8

59.1

14.8

Fallof2013Summerof2014

Fallof2012Summerof2013

23.5

12.6

Notatall

Alittle

Somewhat

Very

Extremely

Toproceed

Nottoproceed

84.5

16.0

ReportofincidenttoaProgram
Whencontacted
Fallof2014present

PriortoFall2012
Howuseful

EvaluationofContactmadesincefallof2014
Pressurefromuniversityonwhethertoproceed
Yes

No

Table3.9c.PercentofVictimsofNonconsensualPenetrationorSexualTouchingInvolvingPhysicalForceorIncapacitation
reportingtoaProgram,ReportingtoOthersandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoanOrganization1,2(continued)

SurveyItem
Response

TAMUStudentHealthServices

TAMUStudentAssistance
Services

LocalPoliceDepartments

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

25.9

6.4

8.4

3.7

20.3

6.8

Excellent

32.9

18.5

Verygood

Good

Fair

Poor

Excellent

59.3

24.8

Verygood

Good

Fair

Poor

ReportofincidenttoaProgram
Programshowedrespecttowardsvictim

Helpedtounderstandoptions

Table3.9c.PercentofVictimsofNonconsensualPenetrationorSexualTouchingInvolvingPhysicalForceorIncapacitation
reportingtoaProgram,ReportingtoOthersandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoanOrganization1,2(continued)

TAMUDeanofStudentLife

LocalAreaHospitals

TAMUStudentCounseling
ServicesAfterhoursHelpline

SurveyItem
Response

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

ReportofincidenttoaProgram

10.4

5.1

19.7

5.8

Fallof2014present

100.0

0.0

Fallof2013Summerof2014

Fallof2012Summerof2013

PriortoFall2012

Notatall

Alittle

Somewhat

Very

44.4

24.0

Extremely

Toproceed

Nottoproceed

91.3

9.0

Whencontacted

Howuseful

EvaluationofContactmadesincefallof2014
Pressurefromuniversityonwhethertoproceed
Yes

No

Table3.9c.PercentofVictimsofNonconsensualPenetrationorSexualTouchingInvolvingPhysicalForceorIncapacitation
reportingtoaProgram,ReportingtoOthersandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoanOrganization1,2(continued)

TAMUDeanofStudentLife

LocalAreaHospitals

TAMUStudentCounseling
ServicesAfterhoursHelpline

SurveyItem
Response

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

ReportofincidenttoaProgram

10.4

5.1

19.7

5.8

Excellent

Verygood

47.3

24.0

Good

Fair

Poor

Excellent

Verygood

Good

Fair

Poor

Programshowedrespecttowardsvictim

Helpedtounderstandoptions

Table3.9c.PercentofVictimsofNonconsensualPenetrationorSexualTouchingInvolvingPhysicalForceorIncapacitation
reportingtoaProgram,ReportingtoOthersandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoanOrganization1,2(continued)

SurveyItem
Response

SexualAssaultResourceCenter
%

StdErr

13.9

6.4

Fallof2014present

Fallof2013Summerof2014

Fallof2012Summerof2013

PriortoFall2012

Notatall

Alittle

Somewhat

Very

Extremely

Toproceed

Nottoproceed

ReportofincidenttoaProgram
Whencontacted

Howuseful

EvaluationofContactmadesincefallof2014
Pressurefromuniversityonwhethertoproceed
Yes

No

Table3.9c.PercentofVictimsofNonconsensualPenetrationorSexualTouchingInvolvingPhysicalForceorIncapacitation
reportingtoaProgram,ReportingtoOthersandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoanOrganization1,2(continued)

SurveyItem
Response

SexualAssaultResourceCenter
%

StdErr

13.9

6.4

Excellent

Verygood

Good

Fair

Poor

Excellent

Verygood

Good

Fair

Poor

ReportofincidenttoaProgram
Programshowedrespecttowardsvictim

Helpedtounderstandoptions

Per100victims.
Includescontactinvolving:1)penetrationbyphysicalforceorthreatofphysicalforce,2)attempted,butnotcompleted,penetrationbyphysicalforceorthreatofphysical
force;3)penetrationbyincapacitation,4)sexualtouchingbyphysicalforceorthreatofphysicalforce,5)sexualtouchingbyincapacitation.
2

Table4.1PercentofStudentsExperiencingNonconsensualPenetrationorSexualTouchingInvolvingCoercionorAbsenceof
AffirmativeConsentbyBehavior,Tactic,CurrentYearvs.SinceEnteringCollege,GenderandEnrollmentStatus1

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.0

1.5

0.2

2.7

0.4

1.4

0.4

0.8

0.3

Penetration

0.7

0.1

1.3

0.3

0.5

0.3

0.3

0.1

Sexualtouching

1.0

0.1

1.9

0.3

0.9

0.4

0.5

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.2

Penetration

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.1

Sexualtouching

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.1

2.9

0.3

5.0

0.5

2.8

0.6

1.4

0.3

0.9

0.3

Penetration

1.2

0.2

2.3

0.4

1.6

0.5

0.4

0.1

0.4

0.2

Sexualtouching

2.1

0.3

3.5

0.5

1.6

0.5

1.2

0.3

0.8

0.3

Currentschoolyear
Coercion
Penetration
Sexualtouching
Absenceofaffirmativeconsent

Sinceenteringcollege
Coercion

Absenceofaffirmativeconsent

Table4.1PercentofStudentsExperiencingNonconsensualPenetrationorSexualTouchingInvolvingCoercionorAbsenceof
AffirmativeConsentbyBehavior,Tactic,CurrentYearvs.SinceEnteringCollege,GenderandEnrollmentStatus1(continued)

TGQN(n=36)

SurveyItem
Response

Undergraduate
(n=26)

GraduateorProfessional
(n=10)

StdErr

StdErr

Penetration

Sexualtouching

Penetration

Sexualtouching

Penetration

Sexualtouching

12.5

6.2

Penetration

Sexualtouching

Currentschoolyear
Coercion

Absenceofaffirmativeconsent

Sinceenteringcollege
Coercion

Absenceofaffirmativeconsent

Per100students.

TGQN=Transgenderwoman,Transgenderman,Genderqueer,gendernonconforming,questioning,notlisted.

Table4.2.NumberofTimesStudentsExperiencedNonconsensualPenetrationorSexual
TouchingInvolvingCoercionorAbsenceofAffirmativeConsentbyBehavior,Tactic,Victim
Characteristics,GenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Total

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

0times

99.9

0.0

99.9

0.1

100

0.0

100

0.0

99.9

0.1

1time

0.0

0.0

2times

3times

0.0

0.0

0times

100

0.0

100

0.0

100

0.0

100

0.0

100

0.0

1time

0.0

0.0

2times

3times

4ormoretimes

Currentschoolyear
Coercion
Penetration

4ormoretimes
SexualTouching

Withoutaffirmativeconsent
Penetration
0times

99.3

0.1

98.7

0.3

99.5

0.3

99.7

0.1

99.7

0.2

1time

0.6

0.1

1.0

0.2

0.3

0.1

2times

0.1

0.0

0.3

0.1

3times

0.0

0.0

4ormoretimes

Table4.2.NumberofTimesStudentsExperiencedNonconsensualPenetrationorSexual
TouchingInvolvingCoercionorAbsenceofAffirmativeConsentbyBehavior,Tactic,Victim
Characteristics,GenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Total
%

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

Withoutaffirmativeconsent
SexualTouching
0times

99.0

0.1

98.1

0.3

99.1

0.4

99.5

0.2

99.9

0.1

1time

0.7

0.1

1.3

0.3

0.8

0.3

0.4

0.1

2times

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.1

3times

0.1

0.0

0.2

0.1

4ormoretimes

0.0

0.0

0times

99.9

0.1

99.8

0.1

99.7

0.2

100

0.0

99.9

0.1

1time

0.1

0.0

2times

0.0

0.0

3times

0.0

0.0

0times

99.9

0.1

99.8

0.1

100

0.0

100

0.0

99.9

0.1

1time

0.1

0.0

0.2

0.1

2times

0.0

0.0

3times

4ormoretimes

Sinceenteringcollege
Coercion
Penetration

4ormoretimes
SexualTouching

Table4.2.NumberofTimesStudentsExperiencedNonconsensualPenetrationorSexual
TouchingInvolvingCoercionorAbsenceofAffirmativeConsentbyBehavior,Tactic,Victim
Characteristics,GenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Total
%

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

Withoutaffirmativeconsent
Penetration
0times

98.7

0.2

97.7

0.4

98.4

0.5

99.6

0.1

99.6

0.2

1time

0.8

0.1

1.5

0.3

1.2

0.4

0.2

0.1

2times

0.2

0.1

0.6

0.2

3times

0.1

0.0

4ormoretimes

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.1

0times

97.9

0.3

96.5

0.5

98.4

0.5

98.8

0.3

99.2

0.3

1time

1.4

0.2

2.3

0.4

0.6

0.3

0.9

0.2

0.6

0.3

2times

0.4

0.1

0.8

0.2

0.6

0.3

3times

0.3

0.1

0.4

0.1

4ormoretimes

0.1

0.0

SexualTouching

1
2

Per100students.
Unlessotherwiseindicated,estimatesareforvictimizationsreportedsinceenteringcollege.

Table4.3.PercentofStudentsExperiencingNonconsensualPenetrationorSexualTouchingInvolvingAbsenceof
AffirmativeConsentbyVictimCharacteristics,GenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Total

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

Heterosexual

2.6

0.3

4.6

0.5

2.7

0.7

1.2

0.3

0.8

0.3

NonHeterosexual

8.0

1.5

12.4

3.0

3.2

1.7

6.5

3.5

Hispanic

3.2

0.7

5.0

1.3

2.1

0.9

NotHispanic

2.9

0.3

5.1

0.5

3.0

0.7

1.2

0.3

0.9

0.4

Asian

0.9

0.4

3.6

1.6

BlackorAfricanAmerican

2.7

1.1

6.2

2.8

3.4

0.3

5.4

0.6

3.8

0.8

1.7

0.4

1.5

0.6

Yes

3.0

1.3

3.8

2.2

No

2.9

0.3

5.1

0.5

2.7

0.6

1.4

0.3

0.9

0.3

Sexualorientation

Ethnicity

Race
AmericanIndianorAlaskaNative

NativeHawaiianorOtherPacificIslander
White
Disability

Table4.3.PercentofStudentsExperiencingNonconsensualPenetrationorSexualTouchingInvolvingAbsenceof
AffirmativeConsentbyVictimCharacteristics,GenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Total

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

Nevermarried

2.3

0.5

3.8

0.9

1.3

0.6

Notmarriedbutlivingwithapartner

2.8

1.5

Married

0.3

0.3

Divorcedorseparated

Other

Freshman

2.9

0.6

4.6

1.1

1.4

0.6

Sophomore

2.0

0.4

3.6

0.8

Junior

1.5

0.4

2.6

0.7

Senior

1.3

0.4

1.5

0.5

1.1

0.5

Freshman

2.9

0.6

4.6

1.1

1.4

0.6

Sophomore

2.9

0.5

5.3

1.0

Junior

3.2

0.6

5.1

0.9

1.1

0.5

Senior

3.8

0.7

4.9

0.9

2.3

0.7

YearinSchoolandTimingofIncidents
Undergraduate
Currentyear

Sinceenteringcollege

Table4.3.PercentofStudentsExperiencingNonconsensualPenetrationorSexualTouchingInvolvingAbsenceof
AffirmativeConsentbyVictimCharacteristics,GenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Total

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

1st

1.3

0.4

2.6

1.0

2nd

0.8

0.4

3rd

4th

5th

1.3

1.3

1st

1.7

0.5

3.1

1.0

2nd

2.3

0.7

3.0

1.2

1.7

0.9

3rd

4th

1.3

1.3

5th

4.8

2.6

14.7

7.7

6thyearormore

1.8

1.8

Graduate/Professional
Currentyear

6thyearormore
Sinceenteringcollege

1
2

Per100students.
Unlessotherwisespecified,estimatesareforvictimizationsreportedsinceenteringcollege.

Table4.4.PercentofFemaleStudentsExperiencingNonconsensualPenetrationorSexual
TouchingInvolvingAbsenceofAffirmativeConsentbyVictimCharacteristics,Behaviorand
EnrollmentStatus1,2

Penetration

SurveyItem
Response

Total

Undergraduate

SexualTouching

Graduateor
Professional

Undergraduate

Graduateor
Professional

% StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

Heterosexual

4.2

0.4

2.1

0.4

1.7

0.5

3.1

0.4

1.4

0.5

NonHeterosexual

9.1

2.2

4.5

1.9

10.2

3.1

3.2

1.7

Hispanic

4.5

1.2

1.8

0.7

4.3

1.3

NotHispanic

4.7

0.4

2.5

0.4

1.8

0.5

3.3

0.5

1.7

0.5

Asian

2.0

0.9

2.6

1.4

BlackorAfricanAmerican

4.9

2.0

4.6

2.5

NativeHawaiianorOther
PacificIslander

5.1

0.5

2.5

0.4

2.4

0.7

3.6

0.5

2.0

0.6

Yes

4.5

2.2

No

4.6

0.4

2.4

0.4

1.5

0.4

3.6

0.5

1.6

0.5

Nevermarried

3.8

0.9

2.4

0.7

2.0

0.7

Notmarriedbutlivingwitha
partner

3.5

2.5

Married

Divorcedorseparated

Other

Sexualorientation

Ethnicity

Race
AmericanIndianorAlaska
Native

White
Disability

Maritalstatus

Table4.4.PercentofFemaleStudentsExperiencingNonconsensualPenetrationorSexual
TouchingInvolvingAbsenceofAffirmativeConsentbyVictimCharacteristics,Behaviorand
EnrollmentStatus1,2(continued)

Penetration

SurveyItem
Response

Total
%

StdErr

Undergraduate

SexualTouching

Graduateor
Professional

Undergraduate

Graduateor
Professional

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

YearinSchoolandTimingofIncidents
Undergraduate

Currentyear

Freshman

4.6

1.1

1.8

0.6

3.4

0.9

Sophomore

3.6

0.8

1.5

0.5

2.5

0.7

Junior

2.6

0.7

1.1

0.5

1.8

0.5

Senior

1.5

0.5

1.0

0.4

0.8

0.4

Sinceenteringcollege

Freshman

4.6

1.1

1.8

0.6

3.4

0.9

Sophomore

5.3

1.0

2.6

0.8

3.2

0.7

Junior

5.1

0.9

2.8

0.8

3.8

0.8

Senior

4.9

0.9

2.0

0.5

3.6

0.8

Graduate/Professional

Currentyear

1styear

2.6

1.0

2.1

0.9

2ndyear

3rdyear

4thyear

5thyear

6thyear

Table4.4.PercentofFemaleStudentsExperiencingNonconsensualPenetrationorSexual
TouchingInvolvingAbsenceofAffirmativeConsentbyVictimCharacteristics,Behaviorand
EnrollmentStatus1,2(continued)

Penetration

SurveyItem
Response

Total
%

Undergraduate

SexualTouching

Graduateor
Professional

Undergraduate

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

Sinceenteringcollege

1styear

3.1

1.0

1.5

0.8

2.1

0.9

2ndyear

3.0

1.2

2.4

1.0

3rdyear

4thyear

5thyear

14.7

7.7

6thyear

1
2

Graduateor
Professional

Per100students.
Unlessotherwisespecified,estimatesareforvictimizationsreportedsinceenteringcollege.

Table4.5a.PercentofFemaleVictimsofNonconsensualPenetrationorSexualTouching
InvolvingCoercionorAbsenceofAffirmativeConsentbyOffenderCharacteristicsby
BehaviorandTactic1,2

AbsenceofAffirmative
Consent

Coercion

SurveyItem
Response

Penetration

Sexual
Touching

Penetration

Sexual
Touching

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

100.0

0.0

100.0

0.0

96.8

2.3

Female

5.1

2.9

Othergenderidentity

1offender

68.1

6.2

73.9

5.2

2offenders

21.7

4.8

11.7

4.2

3ormoreoffenders

10.3

4.4

14.3

4.4

Student

78.3

5.4

74.5

6.0

Facultyorinstructor

Otherstafforadministrator

Otherpersonaffiliatedwithauniversityprogram(ex.
internship,studyabroad)

Thepersonwasnotaffiliatedwithuniversity

7.4

3.5

13.4

5.6

Dontknowassociationwithuniversity

19.8

5.5

14.0

4.5

Offendercharacteristics
Gender
Male

Numberofoffenders

Universityaffiliation

Table4.5a.PercentofFemaleVictimsofNonconsensualPenetrationorSexualTouching
InvolvingCoercionorAbsenceofAffirmativeConsentbyOffenderCharacteristicsby
BehaviorandTactic1,2(continued)

AbsenceofAffirmative
Consent

Coercion

SurveyItem
Response

Penetration

Sexual
Touching

Penetration

Sexual
Touching

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

Atthetime,itwassomeoneIwasdatingorintimate
with

37.2

7.2

16.8

4.8

SomeoneIhaddatedorwasintimatewith

18.0

4.3

6.7

3.8

Coworker,bossorsupervisor

Friendoracquaintance

56.2

7.2

54.2

5.7

Stranger

17.2

5.4

33.7

5.9

Other

DontKnow

Relationshiptovictim

1
2

Per100victims.
Unlessotherwiseindicated,estimatesareforvictimizationsreportedsinceenteringcollege.

Table4.5b.PercentofMaleVictimsofNonconsensualPenetrationorSexualTouching
InvolvingCoercionorAbsenceofAffirmativeConsentbyOffenderCharacteristicsby
BehaviorandTactic1,2

AbsenceofAffirmative
Consent

Coercion

SurveyItem
Response

Penetration

Sexual
Touching

Penetration

Sexual
Touching

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

Male

51.6

22.1

Female

48.4

22.1

92.4

7.7

Othergenderidentity

1offender

77.4

22.9

83.2

10.5

2offenders

3ormoreoffenders

Student

54.6

22.1

89.0

7.6

Thepersonwasnotaffiliatedwithuniversity

Dontknowassociationwithuniversity

45.9

19.7

Offendercharacteristics
Gender

Numberofoffenders

Universityaffiliation

Table4.5b.PercentofMaleVictimsofNonconsensualPenetrationorSexualTouching
InvolvingCoercionorAbsenceofAffirmativeConsentbyOffenderCharacteristicsby
BehaviorandTactic1,2(continued)

AbsenceofAffirmative
Consent

Coercion

SurveyItem
Response

Penetration

Sexual
Touching

Penetration

Sexual
Touching

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

Atthetime,itwassomeoneIwasdatingorintimate
with

47.7

19.4

19.0

11.0

SomeoneIhaddatedorwasintimatewith

27.9

11.0

Coworker,bossorsupervisor

Friendoracquaintance

51.9

12.1

Stranger

36.3

11.3

Other

Relationshiptovictim

1
2

Per100victims.
Unlessotherwiseindicated,estimatesareforvictimizationsreportedsinceenteringcollege.

Table4.6.PercentofStudentsExperiencingNonconsensualSexualContactInvolvingPhysicalForce,Incapacitation,
CoercionandAbsenceofAffirmativeConsentSinceEnrollingatUniversitybyTacticandGender1

SurveyItem
Response

Total

Female
(n=2,489)

TGQN
(n=36)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

8.0

0.4

13.0

0.6

3.1

0.4

21.8

8.4

Penetration

3.4

0.3

5.5

0.5

1.4

0.3

11.5

5.2

SexualTouching

5.9

0.3

9.8

0.6

2.3

0.3

10.3

4.8

8.2

0.4

13.4

0.6

3.3

0.4

21.8

8.4

Penetration

3.8

0.3

6.1

0.5

1.6

0.3

11.5

5.2

SexualTouching

5.9

0.3

9.8

0.6

2.3

0.3

10.3

4.8

8.3

0.4

13.5

0.6

3.3

0.4

21.8

8.4

Penetration

3.9

0.3

6.3

0.5

1.6

0.3

11.5

5.2

SexualTouching

6.0

0.3

9.9

0.6

2.3

0.3

10.3

4.8

9.9

0.4

15.9

0.7

4.1

0.4

25.4

7.7

Penetration

4.7

0.3

7.7

0.5

1.8

0.3

17.4

6.4

SexualTouching

7.2

0.3

11.5

0.6

3.1

0.4

13.8

5.0

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitation

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitation;Attempted
PenetrationusingPhysicalForce

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitationorCoercion;
AttemptedPenetrationusingphysicalforce

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitationorCoercionor
AbsenceofAffirmativeConsent;AttemptedPenetrationusing
physicalforce

Male
(n=2,389)

TGQN=Transgenderwoman,Transgenderman,Genderqueer,gendernonconforming,questioning,notlisted.

Table4.7a.PercentofUndergraduatesExperiencingNonconsensualSexualContactInvolvingPhysicalForce,Incapacitation,
CoercionandAbsenceofAffirmativeConsentSinceEnrollingatUniversitybyTacticandGender1

SurveyItem
Response

Total

Female
(n=1,911)

TGQN
(n=26)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

9.2

0.5

14.4

0.7

3.8

0.5

Penetration

4.0

0.3

6.4

0.6

1.6

0.3

SexualTouching

6.8

0.4

10.6

0.6

2.8

0.4

9.5

0.5

14.8

0.7

4.0

0.5

Penetration

4.5

0.4

7.0

0.6

1.9

0.3

SexualTouching

6.8

0.4

10.6

0.6

2.8

0.4

9.6

0.5

15.0

0.7

4.0

0.5

Penetration

4.6

0.3

7.1

0.6

1.9

0.3

SexualTouching

6.8

0.4

10.7

0.7

2.8

0.4

11.3

0.5

17.5

0.8

4.8

0.5

20.0

8.5

Penetration

5.4

0.4

8.5

0.6

2.0

0.4

12.1

6.6

SexualTouching

8.3

0.4

12.7

0.7

3.7

0.4

12.5

6.2

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitation

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitation;Attempted
PenetrationusingPhysicalForce

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitationorCoercion;
AttemptedPenetrationusingphysicalforce

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitationorCoercionor
AbsenceofAffirmativeConsent;AttemptedPenetrationusing
physicalforce

Male
(n=1,578)

TGQN=Transgenderwoman,Transgenderman,Genderqueer,gendernonconforming,questioning,notlisted.

Table4.7b.PercentofGraduateandProfessionalStudentsExperiencingNonconsensualSexualContactInvolvingPhysical
Force,Incapacitation,CoercionandAbsenceofAffirmativeConsentSinceEnrollingatUniversitybyTacticandGender1

SurveyItem
Response

Female
(n=578)

Total

TGQN
(n=10)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

4.1

0.5

7.5

1.1

1.4

0.4

Penetration

1.6

0.3

2.2

0.7

0.8

0.3

SexualTouching

3.2

0.4

6.4

1.0

0.9

0.3

4.2

0.5

7.7

1.1

1.4

0.4

Penetration

1.8

0.4

2.8

0.8

0.8

0.3

SexualTouching

3.2

0.4

6.4

1.0

0.9

0.3

4.3

0.6

7.8

1.1

1.5

0.5

Penetration

1.8

0.4

2.9

0.8

0.8

0.3

SexualTouching

3.3

0.4

6.4

1.0

1.0

0.4

5.6

0.6

9.6

1.2

2.4

0.6

43.4

21.8

Penetration

2.7

0.4

4.4

0.9

1.3

0.5

34.8

15.6

SexualTouching

4.0

0.5

7.0

1.0

1.8

0.5

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitation

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitation;Attempted
PenetrationusingPhysicalForce

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitationorCoercion;
AttemptedPenetrationusingphysicalforce

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitationorCoercionor
AbsenceofAffirmativeConsent;AttemptedPenetrationusingphysical
force

Male
(n=811)

TGQN=Transgenderwoman,Transgenderman,Genderqueer,gendernonconforming,questioning,notlisted.

Table4.8.PercentofSeniorsExperiencingNonconsensualSexualContactInvolvingPhysicalForce,Incapacitation,Coercion
andAbsenceofAffirmativeConsentSinceEnrollingatUniversitybyTacticandGender1

SurveyItem
Response

Female
(n=588)

Total

TGQN
(n=10)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

11.5

0.9

18.0

1.4

4.7

0.8

Penetration

5.0

0.6

8.2

1.0

1.7

0.5

SexualTouching

8.0

0.8

12.3

1.3

3.6

0.7

11.8

0.9

18.1

1.5

5.2

0.9

Penetration

5.4

0.6

8.6

1.0

2.2

0.7

SexualTouching

8.0

0.8

12.3

1.3

3.6

0.7

11.9

0.9

18.3

1.4

5.2

0.9

Penetration

5.5

0.6

8.8

1.0

2.2

0.7

SexualTouching

8.1

0.8

12.5

1.3

3.6

0.7

13.4

1.0

20.2

1.5

6.2

1.0

Penetration

6.3

0.7

10.0

1.0

2.4

0.7

SexualTouching

9.8

0.8

14.4

1.3

4.9

0.8

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitation

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitation;Attempted
PenetrationusingPhysicalForce

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitationorCoercion;
AttemptedPenetrationusingphysicalforce

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitationorCoercionor
AbsenceofAffirmativeConsent;AttemptedPenetrationusing
physicalforce

Male
(n=486)

TGQN=Transgenderwoman,Transgenderman,Genderqueer,gendernonconforming,questioning,notlisted.

Table4.9.PercentofStudentsExperiencingNonconsensualSexualContactInvolvingPhysicalForce,Incapacitation,
CoercionandAbsenceofAffirmativeConsentforCurrentYearbyTacticandGender1

SurveyItem
Response

Total

Female
(n=2,489)

TGQN
(n=36)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

4.7

0.3

7.3

0.6

2.1

0.3

15.7

7.7

Penetration

1.7

0.2

2.5

0.3

0.8

0.2

9.0

4.8

SexualTouching

3.8

0.3

6.1

0.5

1.7

0.3

6.7

3.6

4.9

0.3

7.7

0.6

2.2

0.4

15.7

7.7

Penetration

2.0

0.2

3.0

0.3

0.9

0.2

9.0

4.8

SexualTouching

3.8

0.3

6.1

0.5

1.7

0.3

6.7

3.6

4.9

0.3

7.7

0.6

2.2

0.4

15.7

7.7

Penetration

2.0

0.2

3.0

0.3

1.0

0.2

9.0

4.8

SexualTouching

3.8

0.3

6.1

0.5

1.7

0.3

6.7

3.6

5.8

0.3

9.2

0.6

2.5

0.4

19.2

8.1

Penetration

2.5

0.2

3.8

0.4

1.1

0.2

14.8

6.0

SexualTouching

4.5

0.3

7.2

0.5

2.0

0.3

6.7

3.6

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitation

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitation;Attempted
PenetrationusingPhysicalForce

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitationorCoercion;
AttemptedPenetrationusingPhysicalForce

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitationorCoercionor
AbsenceofAffirmativeConsent;AttemptedPenetrationusing
PhysicalForce

Male
(n=2,389)

TGQN=Transgenderwoman,Transgenderman,Genderqueer,gendernonconforming,questioning,notlisted.

Table4.10a.PercentofUndergraduatesExperiencingNonconsensualSexualContactInvolvingPhysicalForce,
Incapacitation,CoercionandAbsenceofAffirmativeConsentforCurrentYearbyTacticandGender1

SurveyItem
Response

Total

Female
(n=1,911)

TGQN
(n=26)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

5.6

0.4

8.4

0.7

2.7

0.4

Penetration

2.0

0.2

2.9

0.4

1.0

0.3

SexualTouching

4.6

0.3

7.0

0.5

2.1

0.4

5.8

0.4

8.8

0.7

2.8

0.4

Penetration

2.3

0.3

3.4

0.4

1.2

0.3

SexualTouching

4.6

0.3

7.0

0.5

2.1

0.4

5.8

0.4

8.8

0.7

2.8

0.4

Penetration

2.3

0.3

3.4

0.4

1.2

0.3

SexualTouching

4.6

0.3

7.0

0.5

2.1

0.4

6.8

0.4

10.4

0.7

3.1

0.5

Penetration

2.9

0.3

4.4

0.5

1.3

0.3

SexualTouching

5.4

0.3

8.3

0.5

2.5

0.4

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitation

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitation;Attempted
PenetrationusingPhysicalForce

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitationorCoercion;
AttemptedPenetrationusingPhysicalForce

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitationorCoercionor
AbsenceofAffirmativeConsent;AttemptedPenetrationusing
PhysicalForce

Male
(n=1,578)

TGQN=Transgenderwoman,Transgenderman,Genderqueer,gendernonconforming,questioning,notlisted.

Table4.10b.PercentofGraduateandProfessionalStudentsExperiencingNonconsensualSexualContactInvolvingPhysical
Force,Incapacitation,CoercionandAbsenceofAffirmativeConsentforCurrentYearbyTacticandGender1

SurveyItem
Response

Female
(n=578)

Total

TGQN
(n=10)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

2.0

0.4

3.0

0.8

0.8

0.3

Penetration

0.7

0.2

0.8

0.5

0.3

0.1

SexualTouching

1.5

0.3

2.4

0.7

0.6

0.3

2.1

0.4

3.3

0.8

0.8

0.3

Penetration

0.8

0.3

1.2

0.5

0.3

0.1

SexualTouching

1.5

0.3

2.4

0.7

0.6

0.3

2.2

0.4

3.3

0.8

0.9

0.3

Penetration

0.9

0.3

1.2

0.5

0.4

0.2

SexualTouching

1.5

0.3

2.4

0.7

0.6

0.3

2.7

0.5

4.3

0.9

1.2

0.4

43.4

21.8

Penetration

1.3

0.3

1.7

0.6

0.7

0.3

34.8

15.6

SexualTouching

1.8

0.4

3.0

0.7

0.7

0.3

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitation

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitation;Attempted
PenetrationusingPhysicalForce

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitationorCoercion;
AttemptedPenetrationusingPhysicalForce

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitationorCoercionor
AbsenceofAffirmativeConsent;AttemptedPenetrationusingPhysical
Force

Male
(n=811)

TGQN=Transgenderwoman,Transgenderman,Genderqueer,gendernonconforming,questioning,notlisted.

Table4.11.PercentofSeniorsExperiencingNonconsensualSexualContactInvolvingPhysicalForce,Incapacitation,
CoercionandAbsenceofAffirmativeConsentforCurrentYearbyTacticandGender1

SurveyItem
Response

Female
(n=578)

Total

TGQN
(n=10)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

2.0

0.4

3.0

0.8

0.8

0.3

Penetration

0.7

0.2

0.8

0.5

0.3

0.1

SexualTouching

1.5

0.3

2.4

0.7

0.6

0.3

2.1

0.4

3.3

0.8

0.8

0.3

Penetration

0.8

0.3

1.2

0.5

0.3

0.1

SexualTouching

1.5

0.3

2.4

0.7

0.6

0.3

2.2

0.4

3.3

0.8

0.9

0.3

Penetration

0.9

0.3

1.2

0.5

0.4

0.2

SexualTouching

1.5

0.3

2.4

0.7

0.6

0.3

2.7

0.5

4.3

0.9

1.2

0.4

43.4

21.8

Penetration

1.3

0.3

1.7

0.6

0.7

0.3

34.8

15.6

SexualTouching

1.8

0.4

3.0

0.7

0.7

0.3

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitation

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitation;Attempted
PenetrationusingPhysicalForce

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitationorCoercion;
AttemptedPenetrationusingPhysicalForce

CompletedusingPhysicalForceorIncapacitationorCoercionor
AbsenceofAffirmativeConsent;AttemptedPenetrationusingPhysical
Force

Male
(n=811)

TGQN=Transgenderwoman,Transgenderman,Genderqueer,gendernonconforming,questioning,notlisted.

Table5.1a.PercentofStudentsExperiencingHarassmentbyType,Gender,EnrollmentStatusandCharacteristicsof
Harassment1,2

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Total

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

40.6

0.7

49.5

1.3

41.4

2.1

35.4

1.1

29.1

1.6

madesexualremarks,orinsulting/offensivejokesorstories

23.6

0.6

30.3

1.0

29.5

1.8

17.6

1.0

16.5

1.3

madeinappropriatecommentsregardingbody,appearance,or
sexualactivity

29.7

0.6

35.3

1.1

30.2

1.8

27.1

1.0

20.0

1.4

saidcrudeorgrosssexualthingsortriedtoengageinsexual
conversation

13.2

0.4

15.5

0.8

13.4

1.5

11.5

0.6

10.5

1.1

transmittedoffensivesexualremarks,stories,jokes,pictures,videos

9.4

0.4

12.0

0.7

7.8

1.1

7.7

0.6

7.3

0.9

askedtogoout,getdinner,drinks,orhavesex,despiterefusal

8.4

0.4

15.0

0.8

9.4

1.3

4.0

0.4

1.8

0.4

1person

32.6

1.1

33.4

1.4

40.5

2.9

27.9

2.2

38.8

3.9

2persons

29.4

1.1

33.0

1.3

24.0

2.6

27.5

2.2

23.0

3.2

3ormorepersons

38.0

1.0

33.5

1.2

35.5

2.4

44.6

2.4

38.3

3.5

PercentofStudentsReportingHarassment
Universityassociatedindividual:

PercentofVictimsofHarassment
Numberofoffenders

Table5.1a.PercentofStudentsExperiencingHarassmentbyType,Gender,EnrollmentStatusandCharacteristicsof
Harassment1,2(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Total

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

0times

20.6

1.0

15.8

1.1

36.3

3.2

18.8

1.9

34.9

3.1

1time

22.8

1.0

23.9

1.4

22.0

2.6

20.5

1.5

24.5

2.9

2times

21.6

1.0

25.7

1.7

18.7

2.4

18.9

1.3

13.4

2.5

35times

23.7

1.0

25.7

1.4

18.5

2.6

24.3

1.8

17.1

2.6

69times

5.3

0.5

5.2

0.7

2.2

1.0

6.6

1.0

5.2

1.7

10ormoretimes

6.0

0.6

3.6

0.5

2.3

1.1

10.8

1.5

4.9

1.5

Student

90.7

0.7

93.4

0.8

83.0

2.3

91.6

1.4

83.0

2.3

Faculty

9.4

0.7

7.2

0.9

24.2

2.5

5.4

1.0

18.8

2.8

Coach,religiousleader,orothernonacademicadvisor

0.4

0.1

Otherstafforadministrator

3.4

0.4

1.8

0.4

12.1

2.0

1.2

0.4

8.5

1.9

Otherpersonaffiliatedwithauniversityprogram(ex.internship,
studyabroad)

2.4

0.3

2.8

0.5

2.9

1.0

2.2

0.6

Thepersonwasnotaffiliatedwith[University]

8.3

0.6

9.1

1.0

8.2

1.9

6.3

1.0

10.3

2.0

Dontknowassociationwith[University]

8.7

0.6

9.4

0.8

4.3

1.2

10.3

1.4

4.0

1.3

Numberofincidentssincebeginningof2014term

Associationwithuniversity

Table5.1a.PercentofStudentsExperiencingHarassmentbyType,Gender,EnrollmentStatusandCharacteristicsof
Harassment1,2(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Total

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

Atthetime,itwassomeoneIwasdatingorintimatewith

5.1

0.5

6.8

0.8

4.3

1.3

3.8

0.8

2.4

1.1

SomeoneIhaddatedorwasintimatewith

5.8

0.5

7.9

0.8

4.9

1.4

4.6

0.8

1.3

0.7

Teacheroradvisor

7.7

0.6

6.5

0.8

16.6

2.3

4.4

0.9

16.1

3.0

Coworker,bossorsupervisor

8.3

0.7

5.8

0.8

18.6

3.0

4.7

1.0

21.1

2.8

Friendoracquaintance

70.5

1.0

69.3

1.4

62.4

2.9

77.3

1.9

62.1

3.7

Stranger

39.2

1.0

46.7

1.4

28.3

3.1

33.7

2.2

30.9

3.5

Other

6.2

0.4

4.8

0.6

10.3

2.0

6.3

0.9

7.3

1.7

DontKnow

2.8

0.4

1.6

0.4

2.9

1.1

4.2

0.7

4.2

1.5

Relationshiptovictim

Table5.1a.PercentofStudentsExperiencingHarassmentbyType,Gender,EnrollmentStatusandCharacteristicsof
Harassment1,2

TGQN(n=36)
Undergraduate
(n=26)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=10)

StdErr

StdErr

65.3

10.3

60.9

16.3

madesexualremarks,orinsulting/offensivejokesorstories

37.7

8.3

44.0

14.7

madeinappropriatecommentsregardingbody,appearance,orsexualactivity

65.3

10.3

37.8

14.2

saidcrudeorgrosssexualthingsortriedtoengageinsexualconversation

24.4

6.6

25.3

12.1

transmittedoffensivesexualremarks,stories,jokes,pictures,videos

17.8

8.4

28.2

12.9

askedtogoout,getdinner,drinks,orhavesex,despiterefusal

16.7

6.0

1person

14.6

7.8

2persons

35.7

13.7

53.7

21.3

3ormorepersons

49.7

11.6

SurveyItem
Response
PercentofStudentsReportingHarassment
Universityassociatedindividual:

PercentofVictimsofHarassment
Numberofoffenders

Table5.1a.PercentofStudentsExperiencingHarassmentbyType,Gender,EnrollmentStatusandCharacteristicsof
Harassment1,2(continued)

TGQN(n=36)

SurveyItem
Response

Undergraduate
(n=26)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=10)

StdErr

StdErr

0times

1time

33.4

8.3

2times

24.8

10.1

46.1

21.3

35times

36.3

13.7

69times

10ormoretimes

Student

93.7

6.4

89.7

10.6

Faculty

Coach,religiousleader,orothernonacademicadvisor

Otherstafforadministrator

Otherpersonaffiliatedwithauniversityprogram(ex.internship,studyabroad)

Thepersonwasnotaffiliatedwith[University]

18.7

11.0

Numberofincidentssincebeginningof2014term

Associationwithuniversity

Dontknowassociationwith[University]

Table5.1a.PercentofStudentsExperiencingHarassmentbyType,Gender,EnrollmentStatusandCharacteristicsof
Harassment1,2(continued)

TGQN(n=36)

SurveyItem
Response

Undergraduate
(n=26)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=10)

StdErr

StdErr

Atthetime,itwassomeoneIwasdatingorintimatewith

SomeoneIhaddatedorwasintimatewith

Teacheroradvisor

Coworker,bossorsupervisor

Friendoracquaintance

71.2

12.8

58.5

20.9

Stranger

71.7

12.7

Other

DontKnow

Relationshiptovictim

1
2

Unlessotherwiseindicated,estimatesareforvictimizationsreportedsinceenteringcollege.
TGQN=Transgenderwoman,Transgenderman,Genderqueer,gendernonconforming,questioning,notlisted.

Table5.1b.PercentofVictimsofHarassmentReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReporttoProgram,
UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

Friend

53.2

1.3

68.0

1.6

64.1

3.2

33.9

2.2

36.2

3.5

Familymember

14.3

0.8

18.7

1.3

29.9

3.7

5.0

0.9

10.7

2.2

Faculty

2.9

0.4

2.1

0.4

9.3

2.3

1.4

0.6

4.6

1.5

Someoneelse

6.0

0.6

4.8

0.7

12.8

2.1

5.2

1.1

7.3

2.1

Ididnttellanyoneelse

42.7

1.2

29.7

1.5

28.5

2.7

61.3

2.2

54.8

3.3

ReportingtoOthers

Table5.1b.PercentofVictimsofHarassmentReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReporttoProgram,
UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2
(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

5.6

0.4

7.0

0.6

7.2

1.5

3.6

0.8

2.4

0.9

14.0

3.3

10.9

4.6

26.7

11.4

43.3

23.4

72.8

12.9

65.3

27.9

52.5

28.2

100

0.0

ReportingtoaProgram
Contactedatleastoneprograminuniversitylist

ContactedTAMUPoliceDepartmentVictim's
Services

Mostrecentcontact

Fallof2014present

Fallof2013Summerof2014

Fallof2012Summerof2013

PriortoFallof2012

21.3

12.0

UsefulnessofReportin20142015SchoolYear

Notatall

30.0

10.6

100

0.0

Alittle

Somewhat

Very

31.9

13.4

Extremely

23.0

10.2

38.0

19.1

Table5.1b.PercentofVictimsofHarassmentReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReporttoProgram,
UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2
(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response
ContactedTAMUTitleIXCoordinator

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

3.2

1.4

4.1

2.2

73.9

28.7

Mostrecentcontact

Fallof2014present

Fallof2013Summerof2014

Fallof2012Summerof2013

PriortoFallof2012

UsefulnessofReportin20142015SchoolYear

Notatall

Alittle

Somewhat

Very

Extremely

Table5.1b.PercentofVictimsofHarassmentReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReporttoProgram,
UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2
(continued)

Female(n=2,489)
Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

SurveyItem
Response

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

ContactedTAMUStudentCounselingService

54.5

4.5

55.4

6.0

43.5

13.9

62.0

12.6

Mostrecentcontact

Fallof2014present

68.9

5.6

66.5

7.8

79.1

14.3

68.2

14.3

Fallof2013Summerof2014

20.2

4.5

21.6

7.1

Fallof2012Summerof2013

10.9

4.5

11.8

6.1

PriortoFallof2012

UsefulnessofReportin20142015SchoolYear

Notatall

10.2

3.5

9.2

4.9

47.7

17.8

Alittle

15.7

4.4

18.8

6.2

Somewhat

31.7

6.2

33.6

8.4

49.5

14.2

Very

23.3

6.0

16.9

6.5

Extremely

19.1

4.9

21.5

7.2

Table5.1b.PercentofVictimsofHarassmentReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReporttoProgram,
UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2
(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response
ContactedTAMUStudentHealthServices

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

32.1

4.8

44.3

6.5

15.7

9.1

75.3

7.3

74.9

8.4

Mostrecentcontact

Fallof2014present

Fallof2013Summerof2014

Fallof2012Summerof2013

11.0

5.8

13.8

7.2

PriortoFallof2012

8.3

4.8

UsefulnessofReportin20142015SchoolYear

Notatall

Alittle

14.8

5.6

18.5

6.8

Somewhat

28.9

7.4

30.8

8.8

Very

42.2

8.3

35.6

9.0

Extremely

10.0

4.0

12.5

4.9

Table5.1b.PercentofVictimsofHarassmentReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReporttoProgram,
UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2
(continued)

Female(n=2,489)
Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

SurveyItem
Response

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

ContactedTAMUStudentAssistanceServices

6.7

2.1

4.4

2.4

19.0

11.9

28.2

17.3

Mostrecentcontact

Fallof2014present

Fallof2013Summerof2014

Fallof2012Summerof2013

PriortoFallof2012

UsefulnessofReportin20142015SchoolYear

Notatall

Alittle

Somewhat

Very

Extremely

Table5.1b.PercentofVictimsofHarassmentReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReporttoProgram,
UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2
(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response
ContactedLocalPoliceDepartments

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

19.0

3.8

23.5

4.6

21.8

10.2

Mostrecentcontact

Fallof2014present

55.3

10.8

54.3

12.9

Fallof2013Summerof2014

33.2

11.0

37.9

12.6

Fallof2012Summerof2013

PriortoFallof2012

UsefulnessofReportin20142015SchoolYear

Notatall

Alittle

Somewhat

32.3

11.1

44.8

13.1

Very

45.6

10.1

45.8

13.2

Extremely

Table5.1b.PercentofVictimsofHarassmentReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReporttoProgram,
UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2
(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response
ContactedTAMUDeanofStudentLife

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

3.7

1.8

80.9

22.3

Mostrecentcontact

Fallof2014present

Fallof2013Summerof2014

Fallof2012Summerof2013

PriortoFallof2012

UsefulnessofReportin20142015SchoolYear

Notatall

Alittle

Somewhat

Very

Extremely

72.6

31.0

Table5.1b.PercentofVictimsofHarassmentReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReporttoProgram,
UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2
(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response
ContactedLocalAreaHospitals

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

6.6

2.2

10.5

3.7

Mostrecentcontact

Fallof2014present

39.1

19.3

34.3

20.2

Fallof2013Summerof2014

44.8

20.6

48.3

22.2

Fallof2012Summerof2013

PriortoFallof2012

UsefulnessofReportin20142015SchoolYear

Notatall

Alittle

Somewhat

35.9

19.6

Very

38.2

20.4

41.2

22.0

Extremely

Table5.1b.PercentofVictimsofHarassmentReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReporttoProgram,
UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2
(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response
ContactedTAMUStudentCounselingServices
AfterhoursHelpline

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

15.4

3.3

16.5

4.3

21.2

10.7

Mostrecentcontact

Fallof2014present

67.8

11.6

58.6

16.7

100

0.0

Fallof2013Summerof2014

32.2

11.6

41.4

16.7

Fallof2012Summerof2013

PriortoFallof2012

UsefulnessofReportin20142015SchoolYear

Notatall

21.5

10.6

31.2

15.5

Alittle

19.0

10.8

Somewhat

Very

27.5

10.4

33.4

15.1

Extremely

19.5

8.7

88.3

13.9

Table5.1b.PercentofVictimsofHarassmentReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReporttoProgram,
UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2
(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response
ContactedSexualAssaultResourceCenter

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

6.2

2.7

8.9

4.3

Mostrecentcontact

Fallof2014present

51.7

17.1

42.1

15.2

Fallof2013Summerof2014

48.3

17.1

57.9

15.2

Fallof2012Summerof2013

PriortoFallof2012

UsefulnessofReportin20142015SchoolYear

Notatall

Alittle

Somewhat

Very

Extremely

76.7

19.4

72.0

26.4

Table5.1b.PercentofVictimsofHarassmentReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReporttoProgram,
UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2
(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Total

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

Didnotcontactanyprograms
Reason

Didnotknowwheretogoorwhototell

6.2

0.6

7.0

1.0

8.4

2.1

4.7

0.8

5.3

1.8

Feltembarrassed,ashamed,orthatit
wouldbetooemotionallydifficult

3.8

0.5

6.1

0.9

3.9

1.3

1.4

0.5

1.9

0.8

Ididnotthinkanyonewouldbelieveme

1.6

0.3

2.0

0.6

2.8

1.5

0.8

0.4

1.4

0.9

Ididnotthinkitwasseriousenoughto
report

77.4

0.8

82.9

1.3

71.4

3.5

73.6

1.6

70.9

3.3

Ididnotwantthepersontogetinto
trouble

9.1

0.7

9.0

1.0

9.1

2.1

6.9

1.0

16.4

2.7

Ifearednegativesocialconsequences

7.8

0.6

8.0

0.8

16.4

2.9

3.8

0.8

11.0

2.4

Ididnotthinkanythingwouldbedone

12.2

0.9

12.3

1.1

19.8

3.0

9.3

1.3

12.8

3.1

Ifeareditwouldnotbekeptconfidential

5.2

0.5

6.3

0.8

11.0

2.2

2.2

0.6

4.4

1.6

Incidentwasnotoncampusorassociated
withtheschool

15.3

0.7

19.4

1.1

16.7

2.6

11.3

1.4

8.5

2.0

Incidentdidnotoccurwhileattending
school

5.5

0.5

5.6

0.7

5.9

1.7

5.1

0.8

5.5

1.6

Other

16.6

0.9

11.4

1.2

12.7

2.2

23.5

1.6

20.8

3.7

1
2

Per100victims.
Unlessotherwisespecified,estimatesareforvictimizationsreportedsinceenteringcollege.

Table5.2a.PercentofStudentsinPartneredRelationshipsExperiencingIntimatePartnerViolencebyType,Gender,
EnrollmentStatusandCharacteristicsofHarassment1,2,3

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Total

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

PercentofStudentsinPartneredRelationshipsReporting
IntimatePartnerViolence

9.0

0.5

12.5

0.9

5.5

1.1

7.4

0.8

5.4

1.1

Partnercontrolledortriedtocontrol

6.0

0.4

8.2

0.7

3.8

0.8

5.1

0.7

3.6

0.9

Partnerthreatenedtoharmstudent,family,orthemselves

3.5

0.3

5.2

0.5

2.7

0.8

2.3

0.4

1.8

0.5

Partnerusedphysicalforce

4.0

0.3

4.8

0.6

2.1

0.7

4.0

0.6

2.2

0.7

1person

90.8

1.6

89.3

2.3

95.4

4.5

92.1

2.8

96.2

2.8

2persons

8.3

1.6

10.1

2.3

6.1

2.6

3ormorepersons

1.0

0.5

0times

32.5

2.7

36.3

4.0

53.0

13.2

21.9

4.1

38.6

10.7

1time

21.1

2.3

21.8

3.1

17.5

7.7

19.0

4.4

20.3

6.5

2times

19.1

2.2

16.9

2.7

17.3

8.5

26.7

4.1

12.8

6.4

35times

17.9

1.8

16.4

2.7

20.8

3.8

22.8

8.1

69times

3.4

1.2

2.5

1.1

3.3

1.8

10ormoretimes

5.8

1.2

6.1

1.7

8.4

2.7

PercentofVictimsofIntimatePartnerViolence
Numberofoffenders

Numberofincidentssincebeginningof2014term

Table5.2a.PercentofStudentsinPartneredRelationshipsExperiencingIntimatePartnerViolencebyType,Gender,
EnrollmentStatusandCharacteristicsofHarassment1,2,3

TGQN(n=36)

SurveyItem
Response

Undergraduate
(n=26)

GraduateorProfessional
(n=10)

StdErr

StdErr

25.0

12.7

14.9

7.3

18.6

10.1

1person

83.3

20.4

2persons

3ormorepersons

0times

1time

57.9

14.4

2times

35times

69times

10ormoretimes

PercentofStudentsinPartneredRelationshipsReportingIntimatePartnerViolence
Partnercontrolledortriedtocontrol
Partnerthreatenedtoharmstudent,family,orthemselves
Partnerusedphysicalforce
PercentofVictimsofIntimatePartnerViolence
Numberofoffenders

Numberofincidentssincebeginningof2014term

Unlessotherwiseindicated,estimatesareforvictimizationsreportedsinceenteringcollege.
Percentofstudentswhoreportedbeinginapartneredrelationshipsinceenteringcollege(questionA13onquestionnaire).
3
TGQN=Transgenderwoman,Transgenderman,Genderqueer,gendernonconforming,questioning,notlisted.
2

Table5.2b.PercentofVictimsofIntimatePartnerViolenceReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReport
toProgram,UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderand
EnrollmentStatus1,2

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

Friend

60.9

2.5

68.4

4.0

72.8

13.3

48.5

4.9

47.4

10.4

Familymember

29.6

2.6

37.0

4.0

38.4

12.1

17.7

3.8

21.9

7.0

Faculty

3.7

1.1

3.4

1.2

11.5

8.2

Someoneelse

5.0

1.3

5.0

1.5

8.0

2.8

Ididnttellanyoneelse

33.9

2.4

26.4

4.0

27.2

13.3

46.5

4.4

41.8

10.2

ReportingtoOthers

Table5.2b.PercentofVictimsofIntimatePartnerViolenceReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReport
toProgram,UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderand
EnrollmentStatus1,2(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

Studier

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

8.9

1.5

11.3

2.5

13.9

7.6

11.2

5.8

23.4

9.8

34.6

13.2

ReportingtoaProgram
Contactedatleastoneprograminuniversitylist

ContactedTAMUPoliceDepartmentVictim's
Services

Mostrecentcontact

Fallof2014present

83.0

19.6

83.0

19.6

Fallof2013Summerof2014

17.0

19.6

Fallof2012Summerof2013

PriortoFallof2012

UsefulnessofReportin20142015SchoolYear

Notatall

32.5

17.2

Alittle

Somewhat

Very

17.0

19.6

Extremely

50.5

19.0

50.5

19.0

Table5.2b.PercentofVictimsofIntimatePartnerViolenceReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReport
toProgram,UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderand
EnrollmentStatus1,2(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response
ContactedTAMUTitleIXCoordinator

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

55.9

66.2

Mostrecentcontact

Fallof2014present

Fallof2013Summerof2014

Fallof2012Summerof2013

PriortoFallof2012

44.1

66.2

UsefulnessofReportin20142015SchoolYear

Notatall

55.9

66.2

Alittle

Somewhat

44.1

66.2

Very

Extremely

Table5.2b.PercentofVictimsofIntimatePartnerViolenceReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReport
toProgram,UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderand
EnrollmentStatus1,2(continued)

Female(n=2,489)
Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

SurveyItem
Response

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

ContactedTAMUStudentCounselingService

59.0

10.1

60.4

12.5

100

0.0

66.3

11.5

83.7

11.6

Mostrecentcontact

Fallof2014present

Fallof2013Summerof2014

Fallof2012Summerof2013

PriortoFallof2012

UsefulnessofReportin20142015SchoolYear

Notatall

Alittle

Somewhat

33.7

15.0

48.6

18.7

Very

29.8

12.6

Extremely

29.5

14.9

35.1

17.4

Table5.2b.PercentofVictimsofIntimatePartnerViolenceReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReport
toProgram,UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderand
EnrollmentStatus1,2(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response
ContactedTAMUStudentHealthServices

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

15.9

6.0

13.5

7.0

100

100

Mostrecentcontact

Fallof2014present

Fallof2013Summerof2014

Fallof2012Summerof2013

PriortoFallof2012

UsefulnessofReportin20142015SchoolYear

Notatall

Alittle

Somewhat

Very

Extremely

Table5.2b.PercentofVictimsofIntimatePartnerViolenceReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReport
toProgram,UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderand
EnrollmentStatus1,2(continued)

Female(n=2,489)
Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

SurveyItem
Response

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

ContactedTAMUStudentAssistanceServices

Mostrecentcontact

Fallof2014present

Fallof2013Summerof2014

Fallof2012Summerof2013

PriortoFallof2012

UsefulnessofReportin20142015SchoolYear

Notatall

Alittle

Somewhat

Very

Extremely

Table5.2b.PercentofVictimsofIntimatePartnerViolenceReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReport
toProgram,UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderand
EnrollmentStatus1,2(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response
ContactedLocalPoliceDepartments

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

22.3

8.4

100

0.0

Mostrecentcontact

Fallof2014present

Fallof2013Summerof2014

Fallof2012Summerof2013

PriortoFallof2012

UsefulnessofReportin20142015SchoolYear

Notatall

Alittle

Somewhat

Very

Extremely

Table5.2b.PercentofVictimsofIntimatePartnerViolenceReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReport
toProgram,UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderand
EnrollmentStatus1,2(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response
ContactedTAMUDeanofStudentLife

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

Mostrecentcontact

Fallof2014present

Fallof2013Summerof2014

Fallof2012Summerof2013

PriortoFallof2012

UsefulnessofReportin20142015SchoolYear

Notatall

Alittle

Somewhat

Very

Extremely

Table5.2b.PercentofVictimsofIntimatePartnerViolenceReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReport
toProgram,UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderand
EnrollmentStatus1,2(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response
ContactedLocalAreaHospitals

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

100

Mostrecentcontact

Fallof2014present

Fallof2013Summerof2014

Fallof2012Summerof2013

PriortoFallof2012

UsefulnessofReportin20142015SchoolYear

Notatall

Alittle

Somewhat

Very

Extremely

100

Table5.2b.PercentofVictimsofIntimatePartnerViolenceReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReport
toProgram,UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderand
EnrollmentStatus1,2(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response
ContactedTAMUStudentCounselingServices
AfterhoursHelpline

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

7.9

4.2

11.7

5.9

100

100

Mostrecentcontact

Fallof2014present

Fallof2013Summerof2014

Fallof2012Summerof2013

PriortoFallof2012

UsefulnessofReportin20142015SchoolYear

Notatall

Alittle

24.5

30.6

Somewhat

31.4

39.3

Very

44.0

47.9

Extremely

Table5.2b.PercentofVictimsofIntimatePartnerViolenceReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReport
toProgram,UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderand
EnrollmentStatus1,2(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response
ContactedSexualAssaultResourceCenter

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

12.2

8.9

Mostrecentcontact

Fallof2014present

Fallof2013Summerof2014

Fallof2012Summerof2013

PriortoFallof2012

UsefulnessofReportin20142015SchoolYear

Notatall

Alittle

Somewhat

Very

Extremely

Table5.2b.PercentofVictimsofIntimatePartnerViolenceReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReport
toProgram,UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderand
EnrollmentStatus1,2(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Total

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

Didnotcontactanyprograms
Reason

Didnotknowwheretogoorwhototell

6.9

1.5

6.9

1.9

5.4

2.6

Feltembarrassed,ashamed,orthatit
wouldbetooemotionallydifficult

15.5

2.2

19.6

3.7

11.9

3.5

Ididnotthinkanyonewouldbelieveme

4.2

1.4

7.4

2.4

Ididnotthinkitwasseriousenoughto
report

59.5

2.8

60.2

3.8

57.4

10.8

59.9

5.8

49.4

11.2

Ididnotwantthepersontogetinto
trouble

18.6

2.2

24.2

3.9

14.7

4.1

10.9

6.7

Ifearednegativesocialconsequences

10.3

1.9

15.7

3.4

6.0

2.6

Ididnotthinkanythingwouldbedone

7.5

1.8

10.4

2.7

9.6

5.3

Ifeareditwouldnotbekeptconfidential

9.1

1.7

13.8

2.8

Incidentwasnotoncampusorassociated
withtheschool

33.0

2.8

36.4

4.1

53.5

10.7

26.1

4.9

26.3

8.3

Incidentdidnotoccurwhileattending
school

8.4

1.6

6.6

1.9

16.8

9.5

10.6

3.8

Other

26.4

2.7

23.2

3.3

32.9

5.0

33.3

8.7

1
2

Per100victims.
Unlessotherwisespecified,estimatesareforvictimizationsreportedsinceenteringcollege.

Table5.3a.PercentofStudentsExperiencingStalkingbyType,Gender,EnrollmentStatus
andCharacteristicsofStalking1,2

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Total

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

3.5

0.3

4.8

0.5

7.5

1.1

1.7

0.4

2.1

0.5

Unwantedcalls,emails,messages,
pictures,videoonsocial
networkingthatcausedfearfor
personalsafety

2.0

0.2

2.7

0.3

4.1

0.9

0.7

0.2

1.7

0.4

Showedupsomewhereorwaited
forstudentinmannerthatcaused
fearforpersonalsafety

1.7

0.2

2.6

0.4

3.5

0.8

0.8

0.3

0.5

0.3

Spiedon,watched,orfollowedin
mannerthatcausedfearfor
personalsafety

1.0

0.2

1.3

0.3

1.8

0.6

0.7

0.2

0.6

0.3

PercentofStudentsReporting
Stalking

PercentofVictimsofStalking
Numberofincidentssincebeginningof2014term
0times

30.5

3.7

26.5

5.0

46.8

8.6

29.5

10.4

1time

9.2

2.3

5.3

2.3

13.6

5.6

15.7

7.7

4.6

4.6

2times

30.1

3.4

37.8

5.8

16.8

6.0

26.3

8.3

23.2

11.0

35times

19.1

3.0

15.7

4.1

17.5

5.6

20.9

8.8

44.4

12.7

69times

4.5

1.4

8.1

2.6

10ormoretimes

6.6

1.8

6.7

2.5

Student

68.2

3.2

75.3

4.2

60.3

8.4

64.9

12.2

60.0

12.1

Faculty

4.4

1.8

11.0

6.3

13.4

8.2

Otherstafforadministrator

3.2

1.2

Otherpersonaffiliatedwitha
universityprogram(ex.
internship,studyabroad)

2.4

1.2

Thepersonwasnotaffiliated
withuniversity

10.8

2.1

10.2

3.1

25.7

10.0

Dontknowassociationwith
university

24.3

2.9

21.5

4.1

26.9

7.4

18.1

8.4

29.2

12.2

Associationwithuniversity

Coach,religiousleader,orother
nonacademicadvisor

Table5.3a.PercentofStudentsExperiencingStalkingbyType,Gender,EnrollmentStatus
andCharacteristicsofStalking1,2(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Total

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

Atthetime,itwassomeoneI
wasdatingorintimatewith

10.5

2.5

8.6

3.6

23.9

8.3

SomeoneIhaddatedorwas
intimatewith

26.0

3.0

24.8

5.2

32.6

6.9

22.3

9.3

Teacheroradvisor

2.1

1.1

Coworker,bossorsupervisor

3.7

1.6

12.7

6.4

Friendoracquaintance

42.6

3.4

49.9

5.6

33.9

7.6

25.3

8.6

54.9

12.3

Stranger

26.9

3.5

28.0

5.5

22.6

6.8

33.5

11.2

23.7

9.7

Other

8.0

1.9

5.1

2.1

19.7

6.3

DontKnow

5.1

1.6

3.4

1.9

13.7

7.2

Relationshiptovictim

Table5.3a.PercentofStudentsExperiencingStalkingbyType,Gender,EnrollmentStatus
andCharacteristicsofStalking1,2(continued)

TGQN(n=36)

SurveyItem
Response

Undergraduate
(n=26)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=10)

StdErr

StdErr

12.6

6.9

Unwantedcalls,emails,messages,pictures,videoonsocialnetworkingthatcaused
fearforpersonalsafety

Showedupsomewhereorwaitedforstudentinmannerthatcausedfearfor
personalsafety

Spiedon,watched,orfollowedinmannerthatcausedfearforpersonalsafety

0times

1time

2times

35times

69times

10ormoretimes

Student

Faculty

Coach,religiousleader,orothernonacademicadvisor

Otherstafforadministrator

Otherpersonaffiliatedwithauniversityprogram(ex.internship,studyabroad)

Thepersonwasnotaffiliatedwithuniversity

100

0.0

PercentofStudentsReportingStalking

PercentofVictimsofStalking
Numberofincidentssincebeginningof2014term

Associationwithuniversity

Dontknowassociationwithuniversity

Table5.3a.PercentofStudentsExperiencingStalkingbyType,Gender,EnrollmentStatus
andCharacteristicsofStalking1,2(continued)

TGQN(n=36)

SurveyItem
Response

Undergraduate
(n=26)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=10)

StdErr

StdErr

Atthetime,itwassomeoneIwasdatingorintimatewith

SomeoneIhaddatedorwasintimatewith

Teacheroradvisor

Coworker,bossorsupervisor

Friendoracquaintance

Stranger

Other

DontKnow

Relationshiptovictim

1
2

Unlessotherwiseindicated,estimatesareforvictimizationsreportedsinceenteringcollege.
TGQN=Transgenderwoman,Transgenderman,Genderqueer,gendernonconforming,questioning,notlisted.

Table5.3b.PercentofVictimsofStalkingReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReporttoProgram,
UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

Friend

87.9

2.5

90.4

3.1

91.5

4.9

76.7

9.6

83.0

9.6

Familymember

40.1

3.8

40.3

5.5

52.0

10.2

21.3

9.3

48.1

12.7

Faculty

15.9

2.8

9.6

3.2

29.6

8.6

44.3

14.1

Someoneelse

16.7

2.6

8.9

2.8

33.6

6.8

16.6

8.3

29.7

11.5

Ididnttellanyoneelse

8.9

2.5

7.0

3.7

17.9

9.9

ReportingtoOthers

Table5.3b.PercentofVictimsofStalkingReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReporttoProgram,
UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2
(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

26.6

4.3

14.3

3.6

41.8

8.8

29.4

11.3

60.5

11.8

30.7

5.9

42.6

14.2

54.6

19.1

82.8

11.5

100

0.0

72.3

28.8

ReportingtoaProgram
Contactedatleastoneprograminuniversitylist

ContactedTAMUPoliceDepartmentVictim's
Services

Mostrecentcontact

Fallof2014present

Fallof2013Summerof2014

Fallof2012Summerof2013

PriortoFallof2012

UsefulnessofReportin20142015SchoolYear

Notatall

30.1

13.2

59.1

28.6

Alittle

Somewhat

Very

Extremely

24.0

11.3

Table5.3b.PercentofVictimsofStalkingReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReporttoProgram,
UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2
(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response
ContactedTAMUTitleIXCoordinator

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

100

Mostrecentcontact

Fallof2014present

Fallof2013Summerof2014

Fallof2012Summerof2013

PriortoFallof2012

UsefulnessofReportin20142015SchoolYear

Notatall

37.7

69.1

Alittle

62.3

69.1

Somewhat

Very

Extremely

Table5.3b.PercentofVictimsofStalkingReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReporttoProgram,
UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2
(continued)

Female(n=2,489)
Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

SurveyItem
Response

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

ContactedTAMUStudentCounselingService

29.5

7.2

27.0

12.0

16.6

10.4

41.6

29.9

33.4

18.4

69.1

13.8

100

0.0

Mostrecentcontact

Fallof2014present

Fallof2013Summerof2014

Fallof2012Summerof2013

PriortoFallof2012

UsefulnessofReportin20142015SchoolYear

Notatall

Alittle

Somewhat

32.1

14.7

100

0.0

Very

Extremely

26.5

12.0

Table5.3b.PercentofVictimsofStalkingReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReporttoProgram,
UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2
(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response
ContactedTAMUStudentHealthServices

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

Mostrecentcontact

Fallof2014present

Fallof2013Summerof2014

Fallof2012Summerof2013

PriortoFallof2012

UsefulnessofReportin20142015SchoolYear

Notatall

Alittle

Somewhat

Very

Extremely

Table5.3b.PercentofVictimsofStalkingReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReporttoProgram,
UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2
(continued)

Female(n=2,489)
Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

SurveyItem
Response

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

ContactedTAMUStudentAssistanceServices

7.7

4.4

Mostrecentcontact

Fallof2014present

Fallof2013Summerof2014

Fallof2012Summerof2013

PriortoFallof2012

UsefulnessofReportin20142015SchoolYear

Notatall

Alittle

Somewhat

Very

Extremely

Table5.3b.PercentofVictimsofStalkingReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReporttoProgram,
UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2
(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response
ContactedLocalPoliceDepartments

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

27.5

5.7

38.5

13.3

40.5

17.4

37.6

14.8

Mostrecentcontact

Fallof2014present

Fallof2013Summerof2014

Fallof2012Summerof2013

27.4

14.7

PriortoFallof2012

25.4

13.3

59.4

26.8

UsefulnessofReportin20142015SchoolYear

Notatall

30.0

15.0

Alittle

Somewhat

23.0

12.8

Very

Extremely

21.5

11.7

Table5.3b.PercentofVictimsofStalkingReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReporttoProgram,
UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2
(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response
ContactedTAMUDeanofStudentLife

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

17.9

6.4

41.5

14.9

46.1

25.8

65.4

29.5

Mostrecentcontact

Fallof2014present

Fallof2013Summerof2014

Fallof2012Summerof2013

PriortoFallof2012

UsefulnessofReportin20142015SchoolYear

Notatall

Alittle

Somewhat

Very

Extremely

Table5.3b.PercentofVictimsofStalkingReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReporttoProgram,
UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2
(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response
ContactedLocalAreaHospitals

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

Mostrecentcontact

Fallof2014present

Fallof2013Summerof2014

Fallof2012Summerof2013

PriortoFallof2012

UsefulnessofReportin20142015SchoolYear

Notatall

Alittle

Somewhat

Very

Extremely

Table5.3b.PercentofVictimsofStalkingReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReporttoProgram,
UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2
(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response
ContactedTAMUStudentCounselingServices
AfterhoursHelpline

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

4.5

2.7

100

Mostrecentcontact

Fallof2014present

Fallof2013Summerof2014

Fallof2012Summerof2013

PriortoFallof2012

UsefulnessofReportin20142015SchoolYear

Notatall

Alittle

Somewhat

Very

Extremely

Table5.3b.PercentofVictimsofStalkingReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReporttoProgram,
UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2
(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response
ContactedSexualAssaultResourceCenter

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Total

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

Mostrecentcontact

Fallof2014present

Fallof2013Summerof2014

Fallof2012Summerof2013

PriortoFallof2012

100

UsefulnessofReportin20142015SchoolYear

Notatall

Alittle

100

Somewhat

Very

Extremely

Table5.3b.PercentofVictimsofStalkingReportingtoOthers,ReportingtoaProgram,TimingofReporttoProgram,
UsefulnessofReportinlastschoolyearandReasonsWhyDidNotReporttoaProgrambyGenderandEnrollmentStatus1,2
(continued)

Female(n=2,489)

SurveyItem
Response

Total

Undergraduate
(n=1,911)

Male(n=2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=578)

Undergraduate
(n=1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(n=811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

Didnotcontactanyprograms
Reason

Didnotknowwheretogoorwhototell

19.7

4.0

19.2

4.6

32.5

13.3

41.4

19.8

Feltembarrassed,ashamed,orthatit
wouldbetooemotionallydifficult

13.1

3.0

12.7

3.7

19.0

9.7

Ididnotthinkanyonewouldbelieveme

10.8

3.0

14.0

4.2

Ididnotthinkitwasseriousenoughto
report

57.4

4.8

66.8

5.9

24.6

9.5

57.4

11.8

49.5

20.6

Ididnotwantthepersontogetinto
trouble

14.7

3.2

16.2

4.4

Ifearednegativesocialconsequences

7.6

2.8

7.3

3.7

Ididnotthinkanythingwouldbedone

24.9

4.2

25.5

5.4

23.8

10.1

26.2

11.8

Ifeareditwouldnotbekeptconfidential

12.2

3.6

14.3

5.0

Incidentwasnotoncampusorassociated
withtheschool

25.2

3.3

21.6

4.2

24.4

10.2

17.2

10.0

67.3

18.1

Incidentdidnotoccurwhileattending
school

1.9

1.1

Other

19.7

4.1

21.9

5.7

32.6

9.8

1
2

Per100victims.
Unlessotherwisespecified,estimatesareforvictimizationsreportedsinceenteringcollege.

Table5.4.PercentofStudentsExperiencingHarassment,IntimatePartnerViolenceor
StalkingbyTypeofIncident,GenderandEnrollmentStatusofVictim1,2

SurveyItem
Response

Female(2,489)

Total

Undergraduate
(1,911)

Male(2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(578)

Undergraduate
(1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(811)

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

Heterosexual

39.2

0.7

48.3

1.3

39.2

2.3

34.0

1.1

28.7

1.6

NonHeterosexual

61.5

2.4

68.2

4.8

52.6

6.4

70.3

4.6

41.5

6.8

Hispanic

39.9

1.8

44.9

2.7

51.3

6.7

34.1

2.9

31.1

5.0

NotHispanic

40.7

0.8

50.9

1.3

39.5

2.1

35.6

1.2

28.9

1.8

AmericanIndianorAlaska
Native

38.9

3.8

50.0

9.0

57.1

18.3

29.7

5.8

32.5

16.9

Asian

27.9

2.0

44.7

4.8

22.8

3.4

31.6

3.9

17.5

2.4

BlackorAfricanAmerican

40.9

3.4

51.4

5.7

32.5

5.8

42.4

7.6

29.6

7.8

NativeHawaiianorOther
PacificIslander

46.6

7.7

64.4

17.0

52.6

13.7

White

43.1

0.9

50.3

1.4

46.9

2.6

35.8

1.2

37.0

2.4

Heterosexual

8.6

0.6

11.8

0.9

4.4

1.0

7.4

0.8

5.3

1.0

NonHeterosexual

13.7

2.0

19.0

4.9

13.5

4.9

7.9

3.8

8.0

4.3

Hispanic

9.7

1.4

15.0

2.2

6.6

3.0

4.9

1.8

5.1

2.9

NotHispanic

8.8

0.6

11.8

1.0

5.3

1.2

8.0

0.9

5.4

1.2

AmericanIndianorAlaska
Native

17.5

4.1

15.7

7.1

13.8

6.0

Asian

5.3

1.3

8.4

3.4

5.9

3.7

4.1

1.7

BlackorAfricanAmerican

9.0

2.6

19.2

6.1

11.3

6.1

NativeHawaiianorOther
PacificIslander

9.0

0.6

11.8

1.0

5.5

1.4

7.4

0.9

5.9

1.5

Harassment
Sexualorientation

Ethnicity

Race

Intimatepartnerviolence
Sexualorientation

Ethnicity

Race

White

Table5.4.PercentofStudentsExperiencingHarassment,IntimatePartnerViolenceor
StalkingbyTypeofIncident,GenderandEnrollmentStatusofVictim1,2(continued)

Female(2,489)
Undergraduate
(1,911)

Male(2,389)

Graduateor
Professional
(578)

Undergraduate
(1,578)

Graduateor
Professional
(811)

Total

SurveyItem
Response

% StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

StdErr

Heterosexual

3.3

0.3

4.5

0.5

7.9

1.2

1.4

0.4

1.8

0.5

NonHeterosexual

7.8

1.5

8.9

2.3

5.5

3.0

7.9

3.5

6.0

3.2

Hispanic

3.6

0.8

5.3

1.5

5.2

2.4

2.4

0.9

NotHispanic

3.5

0.3

4.7

0.6

7.9

1.3

1.5

0.4

2.3

0.5

AmericanIndianorAlaska
Native

2.9

1.3

Asian

3.2

0.8

3.0

1.6

5.1

2.0

3.2

1.6

2.6

0.9

BlackorAfricanAmerican

7.7

1.8

9.9

3.8

15.9

6.0

NativeHawaiianorOther
PacificIslander

3.3

0.3

4.4

0.5

6.8

1.2

1.5

0.4

2.2

0.7

Stalking
Sexualorientation

Ethnicity

Race

White

1
2

Per100students.
Estimatesareforvictimizationsreportedsinceenteringcollege.