Table 13
Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members' perceptions of response to sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces, by gender and selected experiences, 2016 and 2018

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Table 13
Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members' perceptions of response to sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces, by gender and selected experiences, 2016 and 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members' perceptions of response to sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces. The information is grouped by Perceptions of response to sexual misconduct (appearing as row headers), 2018, 2016, Experienced sexualized or discriminatory behaviours, Victim of sexual assault, Total, all Regular Force members, Men, Women and Total, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Perceptions of response to sexual misconduct	2018							2016
	Experienced sexualized or discriminatory behaviours^{Table 13 Note 1}		Victim of sexual assault^{Table 13 Note 2}		Total, all Regular Force members			Experienced sexualized or discriminatory behaviours^{Table 13 Note 1}		Victim of sexual assault^{Table 13 Note 2}		Total, all Regular Force members
	Men^{Table 13 Note †}	Women	Men^{Table 13 Note †}	Women	Men^{Table 13 Note †}	Women	Total	Men^{Table 13 Note †}	Women	Men^{Table 13 Note †}	Women	Men^{Table 13 Note †}	Women	Total
	percent
The Canadian Armed Forces currently works hard to create a workplace that prevents inappropriate sexual behaviour
Strongly agree	67^Note **	48^Note ***	52^Note **	32^Note *	75^Note **	64^Note ***	74^Note **	58	39^Note *	37	27^Note *	65	54^Note *	63
Somewhat agree	22^Note **	38^Note *	31	45^Note *	18^Note **	28^Note ***	20^Note **	27	40^Note *	27	41^Note *	25	33^Note *	26
Somewhat or strongly disagree	5^Note **	8^Note ***	11^Note **	18^Note *	2^Note **	4^Note ***	3^Note **	6	12^Note *	22	22	3	6^Note *	4
Inappropriate sexual behaviour is not tolerated in my current unit
Strongly agree	71^Note **	59^Note ***	57^Note **	45^Note *	84^Note **	77^Note ***	83^Note **	67	53^Note *	40	48^Note *	79	72^Note *	78
Somewhat agree	17	24^Note *	23	29^Note **	11^Note **	15^Note ***	11^Note **	18	25^Note *	24	21	13	17^Note *	14
Somewhat or strongly disagree	5^Note **	8^Note ***	13^Note **	19^Note *	2^Note **	3^Note ***	2^Note **	7	11^Note *	21	19	3	5^Note *	3
Complaints about inappropriate sexual behaviour are (or would be) taken seriously in my current unit
Strongly agree	78^Note **	62^Note ***	62^Note **	50^Note *	85^Note **	77^Note ***	84^Note **	76	59^Note *	47	51	82	74^Note *	81
Somewhat agree	13	19^Note *	18	17	9^Note **	13^Note ***	10^Note **	13	20^Note *	21	20	11	15^Note *	11
Somewhat or strongly disagree	4	9^Note ***	11	21^Note *	2^Note **	4^Note ***	2^Note **	4	11^Note *	15	19	2	5^Note *	2
I trust my chain of command to effectively deal with inappropriate sexual behaviour
Strongly agree	62^Note **	48^Note ***	47^Note **	37^Note *	71^Note **	66^Note ***	70^Note **	60	44^Note *	33	37	66	60^Note *	65
Somewhat agree	20^Note **	26^Note *	22	25	18^Note **	21^Note ***	19^Note **	22	27^Note *	23	27	20	23^Note *	21
Somewhat or strongly disagree	10	16^Note ***	21	29^Note *	5^Note **	7^Note ***	5^Note **	10	18^Note *	26	27	6	9^Note *	6
I have received adequate training on preventing and addressing inappropriate sexual behaviour
Strongly agree	68^Note **	56^Note ***	57^Note **	44^Note ***	71^Note **	65^Note ***	70^Note **	59	44^Note *	35	34	62	56^Note *	61
Somewhat agree	22	29^Note *	19^Note **	36^Note ***	20^Note **	23^Note ***	20^Note **	23	29^Note *	28	27	24	25^Note *	25
Somewhat or strongly disagree	5^Note **	7^Note ***	12	9^Note **	3^Note **	4^Note ***	3^Note **	7	13^Note *	15	16	5	9^Note *	5
Inappropriate sexual behaviour is a problem in the Canadian Armed Forces
Strongly agree	16^Note **	29^Note ***	25	50^Note *	16^Note **	21^Note *	17^Note **	14	32^Note *	28	50^Note *	15	22^Note *	16
Somewhat agree	22^Note **	35^Note ***	30^Note **	26	24^Note **	32^Note ***	25^Note **	18	31^Note *	22	28^Note *	21	29^Note *	22
Somewhat or strongly disagree	38^Note **	15^Note ***	26	10^Note *	32^Note **	19^Note ***	30^Note **	45	17^Note *	28	8^Note *	36	21^Note *	34
Note * significantly different from reference category only (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note significantly different from 2016 only (p < 0.05) Return to note referrer Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) and 2016 (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 Includes those who experienced (targeted, directed at them personally) sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months. Includes behaviours which occurred in the military workplace or outside the military workplace involving military members (Canadian Armed Forces or foreign) and/or Department of National Defence civilians or contractors. Percent calculations include those who witnessed the behaviour but did not know if it was directed at them personally. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Includes those who were sexually assaulted in the past 12 months. Includes sexual assaults which occurred in the military workplace or outside the military workplace involving military members (Canadian Armed Forces or foreign) and/or Department of National Defence civilians or contractors. Return to note 2 referrer Note: Responses of "neither agree nor disagree" are included in the percent calculation but not displayed in the table. Percent calculations exclude missing responses. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey on Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces, 2016 and 2018.

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Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members' perceptions of response to sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces, by gender and selected experiences, 2016 and 2018

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Table 13
Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members' perceptions of response to sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces, by gender and selected experiences, 2016 and 2018