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Frequency and Duration of Incidents Concerning Unprofessional, Gender-related Behavior
Regarding the frequency and duration of incidents of unprofessional, gender-related
behavior, women were less likely than men to report that such incidents had only happened once
(22% vs. 32%) and that it lasted less than a month (45% vs. 60%) (see Tables 4 and 5).
Among women, junior enlisted members were the most likely to report that the incidents
of unprofessional, gender-related behavior occurred almost every day or more than once a day
(9% vs. 1-5%) (see Table 4). Among men, there were no paygrade differences in the frequency
of behaviors. Regardless of gender, there were no paygrade differences in the duration of the
situation (see Table 5).
Table 4
Percentage of Members Reporting Frequency of Behaviors, by Paygrade
Total DoD Junior Enlisted Senior Enlisted Junior Officer Senior Officer
(E1-E4) (E5-E9) (O1-O3) (O4-O6)
F M F M F M F M F M
Once 22 32 21 29 23 35 25 33 27 38
Occasionally 52 50 50 46 53 53 56 57 55 54
Frequently 17 11 19 16 17 8 15 9 14 3
Almost everyday/More
than once a day
9 6 11 9 8 5 4 1 4 5
Margin of Error ±2 ±3 ±3 ±5 ± 3 ±5 ±5 ±8 ±5 ±8
Table 5
Percentage of Members Reporting Duration of the Situation, by Paygrade
Total DoD Junior Enlisted Senior Enlisted Junior Officer Senior Officer
(E1-E4) (E5-E9) (O1-O3) (O4-O6)
F M F M F M F M F M
Less than 1 month 45 60 43 55 46 62 52 64 45 65
1 month to less than 6 27 17 30 19 24 16 25 15 20 15
More than 6 months 28 23 27 25 30 22 23 21 35 21
Margin of Error ±2 ±3 ±3 ±5 ±3 ±4 ±5 ±8 ±8 ±5
Reporting
A series of survey questions asked Service members to provide details regarding
reporting and to give details about various aspects of the reporting process. Overall, 30% of
women and 17% of men reported the situation to a supervisor or person responsible for followup
(see Table 6). However, in 2002, fewer women reported behaviors than in 1995 (38% vs.
30%). For more details see Tables 66a.3-66e.3 in Greenless et al. (2003).
45 th Annual Conference of the International Military Testing Association
Pensacola, Florida, 3-6 November 2003