Prevalence of sexual harassment among young Spaniards before, during, and after the COVID-19 lockdown period in Spain
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Título: | Prevalence of sexual harassment among young Spaniards before, during, and after the COVID-19 lockdown period in Spain |
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Autor/es: | Vall-Llosera Casanovas, Laura | Serra, Laura | Saurina, Carme | Sanz-Barbero, Belen | Vives-Cases, Carmen | López, María José | Otero, Laura | Pérez, Glòria | Renart, Gemma |
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: | Salud Pública | Investigación en Género (IG) |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Enfermería Comunitaria, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública e Historia de la Ciencia |
Palabras clave: | Sexual harassment | COVID-19 | Lockdown period | Young people | Gender | Sexuality |
Fecha de publicación: | 11-oct-2022 |
Editor: | BMC |
Cita bibliográfica: | BMC Public Health. 2022, 22:1888. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14264-9 |
Resumen: | Background: Sexual harassment is a type of coercion, including social pressure, intimidation, physical force, and verbal acts, in addition to other forms such as cyber-harassment, recognized as a major important public health problem. Methods: This cross-sectional study, based on a survey administered online to men and women aged 18 to 35 years and living in Spain throughout 15th and 28th October 2020, aims to analyze the prevalence and factors associated with sexual harassment among young people in Spain within the last 12 months, particularly according to the COVID-19 lockdown period. It has been conducted by bivariate analysis and robust Poisson regression models. The final sample includes 2.515 participants. Results: The results indicate that women were almost twice as likely as men to experience sexual harassment (49% vs 22.2%). Also, among heterosexual men and women, the estimated prevalence was lower concerning that observed among bisexuals, gays, and lesbians (31.5% vs 53, 39.2, and 34.6% respectively). The prevalence percentage in the 18–24 age group was twice high as that observed in the 30–35 age group. Finally, during the lockdown period, the harassment through electronic channels increased (32.6% vs 16.5 and 17.8% before and after this period, respectively) and decreased on public roads (22.9% vs 63.4 and 54.4% pre-lockdown and post-lockdown periods, respectively). Conclusion: These findings highlight that sexual harassment presents a high prevalence among young people, especially cyber-harassment, and workplace harassment and it is important to be aware that young women are more likely to suffer harassment and even more if they do not have a partner or have LGB orientation. During the lockdown sexual harassment has moved from public spaces to the social network. |
Patrocinador/es: | This research was supported by the CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health of Spain; Grant ESP20PI02. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/128490 |
ISSN: | 1471-2458 |
DOI: | 10.1186/s12889-022-14264-9 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
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Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14264-9 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | INV - SP - Artículos de Revistas INV - Investigación en Género - Artículos de Revistas INV - EQUIDIVERSIDAD - Artículos de Revistas |
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