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Table 6 Function and power position of the perpetrator/perpetrators, as reported by Staff & PhD students and studentsa

From: 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

Perpetrators, as reported by Staff & PhD students

Gender of participants who had been exposed to SH

Women

N = 380

Men

N = 81

p**

Non-binary

N = 8

All

N = 469

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

University employee

272

71.6

44

54.3

 

4

50.0

320

68.2

PhD student/research student

34

8.9

12

14.8

 

1

12.5

47

10.0

Student

26

6.8

11

13.6

 

2

25.0

39

8.3

Other person that the exposed person met through her/his/their work at the university

80

21.1

13

16.0

0.0013

0

0

93

19.8

Power situation, if the perpetrator was a university employee

The perpetrator had a dominant/upper position

165

43.4

23

28.4

 

2

25.0

190

40.5

The perpetrator had a dependent/lower position

9

2.4

7

8.6

 

1

12.5

17

3.6

Other person/relationship

118

31.1

17

21.0

0.011

1

12.5

136

29.0

Power situation, if the perpetrator was a student

The perpetrator had a dominant/upper position

4

1.1

0

0

 

0

0

4

0.9

The perpetrator had a dependent/lower position

3

0.8

3

3.7

 

0

0

6

1.3

Other person/relationship

26

6.8

7

8.6

0.78

1

12.5

34

7.2

Perpetrators, as reported by students

Women

N = 1625

Men

N = 399

p**

Non-binary

N = 20

All

N = 2044

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

University employee

104

6.4

17

4.3

 

1

5.0

122

6.0

PhD student

37

2.3

6

1.5

 

1

5.0

44

2.2

Person that I met through my work placement

96

5.9

11

2.8

 

2

10.0

109

5.3

Person, external to Lund University, that I met through my studies

74

4.6

11

2.8

 

1

5.0

86

4.2

Student

1366

84.1

343

86.0

0.47

19

95.0

1728

84.5

Power situation, if the perpetrator was a university employee

Course director/examiner or Director of studies/Program director

52

3.2

8

2.0

 

1

5.0

61

3.0

Other teacher or researcher

51

3.1

5

1.3

 

1

5.0

57

2.8

Administrative staff or other employee

20

1.2

6

1.5

0.68

1

5.0

27

1.3

Power situation, if the perpetrator was a student

The perpetrator had a dominant/upper position

266

16.4

43

10.8

 

3

15.0

312

15.3

The perpetrator had a dependent/lower position

70

4.3

29

7.3

 

3

15.0

102

5.0

Other person/relationship

1172

72.1

288

72.2

0.04

18

90.0

1478

72.3

  1. The percentages are given as percent ‘yes’ out of the total number of exposed persons in each gender group
  2. **P values for chi square regarding difference between women and men
  3. aExposed persons could mark several options, and the numbers of missing vary for each question