Sexual harassment among employees and students at a large Swedish university: who are exposed, to what, by whom and where – a cross-sectional prevalence study

Table 3 Prevalence of sexual harassment ever experienced^a by background factors. University staff & PhD students; N = 2736

	Women				Men				Non-binary			All
	Tot	Yes		P**	Tot	Yes		p	Tot	Yes		Tot	Yes		P
Background factors (n of missing)	n	n	%	P**	n	n	%	p	Tot			n	n	%	P
Age
≤ 30	188	37	19.7		144	8	5.6		3	1	33.3	335	46	13.7
31–40	373	93	24.9		250	10	4.0		11	3	27.3	634	106	16.7
41–49	467	130	27.8		300	27	9.0		5	3	40.0	772	159	20.6
50–59	365	82	22.5		320	18	5.6		2	2	100.0	687	102	14.8
≥ 60	158	38	24.1		147	18	12.2		3	0	0	308	56	18.2
Total	1551	380	24.5	0.20	1161	81	7.0	0.01	24	8	33.3	2736	469	17.1	0.02
Country of birth (6)
Sweden	1211	308	25.4		889	67	7.5		15	2	13.3	2115	377	17.8
Nordic country (outside Sweden)	65	15	23.1		34	0	0		1	1	100.0	100	16	16.0
Europe (outside Nordic countries)	168	32	19.0		142	7	4.9		4	2	50.0	314	41	13.1
Outside Europe	104	25	24.0	0.34	93	7	7.5	-	4	3	75.0	201	35	17.4	0.22
Professional group (2)
Professor	81	32	39.5		203	19	9.4		2	0	0	286	51	17.8
Senior lecturer	189	63	33.3		193	20	10.4		3	2	67.5	385	85	22.1
Lecturer and researcher	243	58	23.9		227	11	4.8		5	3	60.0	475	72	15.2
PhD student	223	41	18.4		170	10	5.9		5	2	40.0	398	53	13.3
Admin. and technical support staff	758	172	22.7		334	19	5.7		7	1	14.3	1099	192	17.5
Others	56	14	25.0	< 0.001	33	2	6.1	-	2	0	0	91	16	17.6	0.03
Employment form (50)
Permanent	1111	297	26.7		817	62	7.6		15	4	26.7	1943	363	18.7
Temporary	420	80	19.0	0.002	314	16	5.1	0.14	9	4	44.4	743	100	13.5	0.001
Managerial position (18)
Yes	175	51	29.1		189	16	8.5		4	1	25.0	360	68	18.5
No	1369	328	24.0	0.13	961	65	6.8	0.40	20	7	35.0	2350	400	17.0	0.49

^**P values for chi square regarding difference between subcategories. NB these could not be calculated for the non-binary group due to low number of participants. This was also the case for ‘men and country of birth’ and ‘men and professional group’
^a‘Ever experienced’ Experienced at least once during one’s employment at Lund University

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