How prevalent is sexual harassment: a research note on measuring sexual harassment in Canada

ID:	HARP-179
Title:	How prevalent is sexual harassment: a research note on measuring sexual harassment in Canada
Source:	Canadian Journal of Sociology , v.22(4) Fall’97 pg 505-522
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Year:	1997
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Keywords:	Canada, economic, social and cultural rights, employment, gender equality, human rights, woman, sexual harassment, civil and political rights, violence, security, liberty
Abstract:	Surveys documenting the prevalence of sexual harassment in Canada are hindered by four problems: the lack of mutually exclusive, behaviourally based survey items; the lack of exhaustive categories; inappropriate time frames for items; and a lack of context for these survey Items. We compare the results from the 1983 Canadian Human Rights Commission study and the 1994 Violence Against Women survey to highlight these four common problems found in sexual harassment surveys. The Violence Against Women survey overcomes several of these problems and provides reliable estimates of the prevalence of sexual harassment. According to the Violence Against Women survey, 54 percent of Canadian women experience sexual harassment over their lifetime by known men in general and twenty-three percent experience sexual harassment by known men in workplace positions. This survey though, does appear to under-represent the amount of poisoned environment harassment experienced by Canadian women.
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