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Table 2 Racial/Ethnic Differences of Rates of Unwanted Sexual Contact Victimization (USCV) Before College and During (First 3 Months) of College Within Gender Groups (Nā€‰=ā€‰228,218)

From: 3-month prevalence of unwanted sexual contact victimization in a national sample of college students: differences by race, gender identity, and sexual identity

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Women***

Men***

Transgender Women**

Transgender Men***

Genderqueer/ Gender Non-conforming/Other gender***

Prefer Not to Answer

Race

% (n)

phi

% (n)

phi

% (n)

phi

% (n)

phi

% (n)

phi

% (n)

phi

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0.1

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0.6

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0.3

Ā 

0.3

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0.2

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0.1

White

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ā€ƒBefore college

26.5 (20,773)

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7 (3711)

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23.8 (38)

Ā 

42.2 (170)

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41.8 (573)

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16.1 (151)

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ā€ƒDuring college

5 (3958)

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1 0.6 (824)

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5 (8)

Ā 

5.5 (22)

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6.3 (87)

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5.2 (49)

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Black/African American

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ā€ƒBefore college

20.4 (2410)

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6 (355)

Ā 

21.4 (3)

Ā 

25.9 (7)

Ā 

44.6 (79)

Ā 

17.6 (21)

Ā 

ā€ƒDuring college

4.1 (481)

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1.7 (100)

Ā 

35.7 (5)

Ā 

25.9 (7)

Ā 

8.5 (15)

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5.9 (7)

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Latino

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ā€ƒBefore college

24.2 (3699)

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6.1 (529)

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23.1 (3)

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36 (9)

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39.4 (65)

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22 (27)

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ā€ƒDuring college

3.7 (566)

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1.4 (120)

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0 (0)

Ā 

12 (3)

Ā 

10.9 (18)

Ā 

4.1 (5)

Ā 

AIAN/NHPI

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ā€ƒBefore college

27.7 (187)

Ā 

6.5 (27)

Ā 

36.4 (4)

Ā 

0 (0)

Ā 

25 (6)

Ā 

15 (3)

Ā 

ā€ƒDuring college

4.7 (32)

Ā 

2.6 (11)

Ā 

18.2 (2)

Ā 

55.6 (5)

Ā 

41.7 (10)

Ā 

5 (1)

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Asian

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ā€ƒBefore college

14.9 (2182)

Ā 

3.4 (401)

Ā 

16.7 (4)

Ā 

15.8 (6)

Ā 

25.5 (41)

Ā 

14.2 (32)

Ā 

ā€ƒDuring college

2.9 (429)

Ā 

1.1 (127)

Ā 

8.3 (2)

Ā 

2.6 (1)

Ā 

7.5 (12)

Ā 

2.7 (6)

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Multiracial

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ā€ƒBefore college

30.1 (4199)

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8.4 (765)

Ā 

28.1 (9)

Ā 

35.2 (32)

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44.6 (161)

Ā 

19.3 (39)

Ā 

ā€ƒDuring college

4.7 (657)

Ā 

1.7 (158)

Ā 

6.3 (2)

Ā 

8.8 (8)

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6.6 (24)

Ā 

3 (6)

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  1. Note. ***Denotes statistically significant group differences at pā€‰<.001. **Denotes statistically significant group differences a pā€‰<.01. Phi and chi-square values were obtained for each gender identity group assessing differences by race/ethnicity and sexual identity. Phi values are significant at pā€‰<.001. USCV ā€œduring collegeā€ capture rates within (approximately) the first 3 months of college as pre- and post-tests were administered within the first three months of enrollment. Students who selected two or more sexual identities (e.g., lesbian and queer; asexual and questioning) were coded as having multiple sexual identities. AIAN/NHPIā€‰=ā€‰American Indian/Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander