Workers' experiences of SVH at work and reporting patterns
| % Experienced in current workplace | % Of those who experienced behaviour | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immediate supervisor | Subcontractor | |||||
| Women | Cement | Const | Cement | Const | Cement | Const |
| Comments on physical appearance | 27.0% | 33.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.7% | 0.0% |
| Pinched or patted | 42.0% | 28.0% | 4.8% | 1.8% | 0.0% | 1.8% |
| Stared at or leered at | 12.0% | 19.5% | 16.7% | 5.1% | 0.0% | 10.3% |
| Sexually suggestive comments or jokes | 5.0% | 9.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5.3% |
| Intrusive questions about personal life | 8.0% | 14.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Inappropriate invitations to date | 4.0% | 10.5% | 25.0% | 0.0% | 25.0% | 4.8% |
| Sexually explicit texts/calls/posts | 3.0% | 8.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 33.3% | 0.0% |
| Forced to watch/look at pornography | 1.0% | – | 0.0% | – | 0.0% | – |
| Followed or watched | 7.0% | 6.5% | 14.3% | 7.7% | 0.0% | 15.4% |
| Sexual gestures | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Indecent exposure | – | 3.0% | – | 0.0% | – | 0.0% |
| Unwanted touching, kissing, hugging | 2.0% | 4.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Requests/pressure for sexual acts | 1.0% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Actual/attempted rape/sexual assault | – | 0.5% | – | 0.0% | – | 0.0% |
| Men | ||||||
| Comments on physical appearance | 3.0% | 5.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Pinched or patted | 8.0% | 11.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Stared at or leered at | 11.0% | 17.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 9.1% | 2.9% |
| Sexually suggestive comments or jokes | 11.0% | 14.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.4% |
| Intrusive questions about personal life | 3.0% | 6.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Inappropriate invitations to date | 2.0% | 10.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Sexually explicit texts/calls/posts | 4.0% | 5.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Forced to watch/look at pornography | 0.0% | 1.5% | – | 0.0% | – | 0.0% |
| Followed or watched | 10.0% | 5.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10.0% | 0.0% |
| Sexual gestures | 2.0% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Indecent exposure | 0.0% | 1.5% | – | 0.0% | – | 0.0% |
| Unwanted touching, kissing, hugging | 2.0% | 2.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Requests/pressure for sexual acts | 0.0% | 0.0% | – | – | – | – |
| Actual/attempted rape/sexual assault | 0.0% | 1.0% | – | 0.0% | – | 0.0% |
| % Experienced in current workplace | % Of those who experienced behaviour | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immediate supervisor | Subcontractor | |||||
| Women | Cement | Const | Cement | Const | Cement | Const |
| Comments on physical appearance | 27.0% | 33.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.7% | 0.0% |
| Pinched or patted | 42.0% | 28.0% | 4.8% | 1.8% | 0.0% | 1.8% |
| Stared at or leered at | 12.0% | 19.5% | 16.7% | 5.1% | 0.0% | 10.3% |
| Sexually suggestive comments or jokes | 5.0% | 9.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5.3% |
| Intrusive questions about personal life | 8.0% | 14.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Inappropriate invitations to date | 4.0% | 10.5% | 25.0% | 0.0% | 25.0% | 4.8% |
| Sexually explicit texts/calls/posts | 3.0% | 8.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 33.3% | 0.0% |
| Forced to watch/look at pornography | 1.0% | – | 0.0% | – | 0.0% | – |
| Followed or watched | 7.0% | 6.5% | 14.3% | 7.7% | 0.0% | 15.4% |
| Sexual gestures | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Indecent exposure | – | 3.0% | – | 0.0% | – | 0.0% |
| Unwanted touching, kissing, hugging | 2.0% | 4.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Requests/pressure for sexual acts | 1.0% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Actual/attempted rape/sexual assault | – | 0.5% | – | 0.0% | – | 0.0% |
| Comments on physical appearance | 3.0% | 5.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Pinched or patted | 8.0% | 11.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Stared at or leered at | 11.0% | 17.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 9.1% | 2.9% |
| Sexually suggestive comments or jokes | 11.0% | 14.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.4% |
| Intrusive questions about personal life | 3.0% | 6.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Inappropriate invitations to date | 2.0% | 10.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Sexually explicit texts/calls/posts | 4.0% | 5.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Forced to watch/look at pornography | 0.0% | 1.5% | – | 0.0% | – | 0.0% |
| Followed or watched | 10.0% | 5.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10.0% | 0.0% |
| Sexual gestures | 2.0% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Indecent exposure | 0.0% | 1.5% | – | 0.0% | – | 0.0% |
| Unwanted touching, kissing, hugging | 2.0% | 2.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Requests/pressure for sexual acts | 0.0% | 0.0% | – | – | – | – |
| Actual/attempted rape/sexual assault | 0.0% | 1.0% | – | 0.0% | – | 0.0% |
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