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Sexual harassment

This survey took place between October 24-28, 2017 and was conducted throughout all of Russia in both urban and rural settings. The survey was carried out among 1600 people over the age of 18 in 137 localities of 48 of the country’s regions. The survey was conducted as a personal interview in respondents’ homes. The answer distribution is presented as percentages of the number of participants along with data from previous surveys. The statistical error of these studies for a selection of 1600 people (with a probability of 0.95) does not exceed: 3.4% for indicators around 50%; 2.9% for indicators around 25%/75%; 2.0% for indicators around 10%/90%; 1.5% for indicators around 5%/95%.

WHICH CHALLENGES DO YOU THINK WOMEN FACE AT WORK MOST OFTEN? (respondents were presented with a card; multiple choice; ranked according to November 2017)

  Mar. 06 Nov. 17
Difficulties balancing work and family obligations 35 35
Low pay 34 22
Challenges related to professional advancement 19 19
Lower pay than male coworkers who do the same job and are equally experienced 23 19
Lay-offs, being fired 17 14
Sexism 12 10
Sexual harassment 10 8
Poor working conditions 14 7
Other 4 3
It is difficult to say 17 26

THE ISSUE OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE IS BEING DISCUSSED MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SAY WHETHER SEXUAL HARASSMENT OCCURS WHERE YOU WORK (YOUR PRIMARY PLACE OF WORK)? (percentage of those respondents who currently work and/or have a side job)

  Mar. 06 Nov. 17
Quite frequently 1 2
Fairly often 3 4
Fairly rarely 14 12
Never 69 66
It is difficult to say 14 16

Gender-specific answers

WHICH CHALLENGES DO YOU THINK WOMEN FACE AT WORK MOST OFTEN? (respondents were presented with a card; multiple choice; ranked according to women’s answers in November 2017)

 

 

Men Women
Mar. 06 Nov. 17 Mar. 06 Nov. 17
Difficulties balancing work and family obligations 32 30 38 39
Low pay 31 16 37 27
Lower pay than male coworkers who do the same job and are equally experienced 22 17 25 22
Challenges related to professional advancement 16 14 21 22
Lay-offs, being fired 15 12 18 15
Sexism 11 7 14 12
Sexual harassment 10 7 10 8
Poor working conditions 11 7 17 8
Other 3 3 4 3
It is difficult to say 23 36 11 18

THE ISSUE OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE IS BEING DISCUSSED MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SAY WHETHER SEXUAL HARASSMENT OCCURS WHERE YOU WORK (YOUR PRIMARY PLACE OF WORK)? (percentage of those respondents who currently work and/or have a side job)

  Men Women
Mar. 06 Nov. 17 Mar. 06 Nov. 17
Quite frequently 1 2 1 2
Fairly often 1 3 5 5
Fairly rarely 13 11 15 13
Never 69 62 69 71
It is difficult to say 16 23 11 9

Translated by Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (formerly Monterey Institute of International Studies).

The ANO Levada Center has been forcibly included in the registry of non-commercial organizations acting as foreign agents.  Read the Director of the Levada Center’s statement of disagreement with this decision here.

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