Risk factors for workplace sexual harassment and violence among a national cohort of women in Iceland: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sexual harassment and violence in the workplace are a serious public health concern for women worldwide with substantial costs due to sick leave and personnel turnover. Yet little is known about the prevalence of sexual harassment and violence at a population level, especially across work sectors. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of workplace sexual harassment and violence by demographic factors and work sectors among Icelandic women.

Methods

For this cross-sectional study we analysed nationally representative, de-identified individual-level data from women who had responded to an online survey item about self-labelled current and lifetime workplace sexual harassment or violence as part of the Stress and Gene Analysis (SAGA) study, a cross-s

SUBMITTER: Jonsdottir SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9449977 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature