Table 4 Comparison of participant characteristics and victimizations by method of recruitment

Age in years (mean)

18.5

18.4

0.34

White race (%)

73.0

72.7

0.92

Living in a university residence (%)

45.4

68.8

< 0.001

Heterosexual (%)

93.1

89.2

0.04

Sexually active (%)

61.7

62.2

0.88

Age in years of first sexual partner (mean)

16.4

16.5

0.49

Currently involved in a romantic relationship (%)

44.9

43.8

0.76

Currently involved in a sexual relationship (%)

43.3

48.0

0.17

Prior sexual assault education (%)

3.7

4.5

0.56

Prior self-defence training (%)

31.8

35.7

0.23

Perceived personal risk of sexual assault as either `likely’ or `very likely’ (%)

6.7

7.2

0.78

Any form of victimization (%)

56.0

63.4

0.031

Completed rape (%)

21.9

26.1

0.15

Sexual contact (%)

47.0

56.5

0.006

More than one type of sexual assault during completed rape (%)

50.0

41.4

0.22

More than one type of perpetrator tactic during completed rape (%)

33.9

27.6

0.33