title: Lifetime and current sexual assault and harassment victimization rates of active-duty United States Air Force women.
abstract: From a stratified random sample, 2,018 active-duty United States Air Force women completed a telephone survey dealing with sexual assault and harassment. The lifetime prevalence of rape among Air Force women (28%) was more than twice as high as the prevalence in a national sample (13%). Nearly half of the military sample had been the victims of rape, molestation, or attempted sexual assault. The majority of both initial rapes (75%) and most recent rapes (56%) involved assault by civilians when the victims were civilians. Family members perpetrated 29% of initial rapes and 33% of most recent rapes. Regarding military status of the perpetrator, 14% of first-time victims were raped by a military member, 26% of multiple-time victims were raped by a military member, 31.8% of military women were sexually harassed by a military supervisor or boss, and 26.7% of military women were sexually harassed by a military coworker.
authors: 1st Medical Operations Squadron, 1st Medical Group, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, USA.
authors: Deborah J
authors: DJ
authors: Bostock
authors: James G
authors: JG
authors: Daley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000374:Aggression; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011639:Public Opinion; D011902:Rape / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017406:Sexual Harassment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D016387:Women's Health