Sexual assault and sexual harassment in the U.S. military. Top-line estimates for active-duty service members from the 2014 Rand Military Workplace Study / National Defense Research Institute.
Prepared for the DoD Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office.
Contents
Introduction -- A new approach to counting sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination -- Fielding the RAND Military Workplace Study Survey -- Top-line results from the RAND Military Workplace Study Survey -- Implications of the top-line results -- Next steps -- Appendix: A brief overview of RMWS weighting procedures -- References -- Notes-- Abbreviations.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 37-38).
Summary
In early 2014, the Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office asked the RAND National Defense Research Institute to conduct an independent assessment of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the military -- an assessment last conducted in 2012 by the department itself with the Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Personnel. Separately, the Coast Guard requested that we expand the 2014 study to include an assessment of its active and reserve force. This report provides initial top-line active-duty Coast Guard estimates from the resulting RAND Military Workplace Study, which invited close to 560,000 service members to participate in a survey fielded in August and September of 2014.
