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Table 4 Prevalence of workplace incivility, bullying and sexual harassment of women by demographic factors

From: Workplace gender-based violence and associated factors among university women in Enugu, South-East Nigeria: an institutional-based cross-sectional study

Variable

Total sample

n

Workplace incivility

Workplace bullying

Sexual harassment

Mean (SD)

Exp

n (%)

Never

n (%)

Mean (SD)

Bullied

n (%)

Not bullied n (%)

Mean (SD)

Harassed n (%)

Never harassed n (%)

Age (Years)

          

18–34 years

84

23.9 (6.48)

60 (71.4)

24 (28.6)

32.4 (15.7)

39 (46.4)

45 (53.6)

11.1 (1.21)

27 (32.1)

57 (67.9)

35–49 years

112

24.6 (8.15)

67 (59.8)

45 (40.2)

39.5 (12.2)

74 (66.1)

38 (33.9)

10.1 (0.96)

56 (50.0)

56 (50.0)

 ≥ 50 years

105

23.9 (7.28)

65 (61.9)

40 (38.1)

35.6 (10.3)

48 (45.7)

57 (54.3)

11.9 (1.16)

39 (37.1)

66 (62.9)

t (df), χ2 (df), F (df)

 

F (2, 298) = 0.307

χ2 (2) = 0.218

F (2, 298) = 7.663

χ2 (2) = 11.362

F (2, 298) = 0.710

χ2 (2) = 7.118

P-value

 

0.736

0.218

0.001

0.003

0.492

0.028

η2

 

.002

–

–

.05

–

–

.004

–

–

Academic qualification

          

SSCE

45

22.5 (6.89)

25 (55.6)

20 (44.4)

31.1 (10.5)

24 (53.3)

21 (46.7)

4.9 (8.64)

9 (20.0)

36 (80.0)

OND/NCE

50

27.3 (7.55)

39 (78.0)

11 (22.0)

33.8 (7.99)

26 (52.0)

24 (48.0)

5.1 (6.20)

14 (28.0)

36 (72.0)

B.Sc./B.Ed./B.A./equiv

89

24.3 (7.91)

53 (59.6)

36 (40.4)

37.2 (15.6)

44 (49.4)

45 (50.6)

9.1 (12.4)

35 (39.3)

54 (60.7)

M.Sc./M.Ed./M.A./equiv

68

21.1 (5.50)

34 (50.0)

34 (50.0)

38.3 (13.5)

36 (52.9)

32 (47.1)

9.5 (10.7)

36 (52.9)

32 (47.1)

Doctoral degree (PhD)

49

26.6 (7.18)

41 (83.7)

8 (16.3)

38.2 (11.9)

31 (63.3)

18 (36.7)

11.6 (13.1)

28 (57.1)

21 (42.9)

t (df), χ2 (df), F (df)

 

F (4, 296) = 7.593

χ2 (4) = 20.369

F (4, 296) = 3.160

χ2 (2) = 2.523

F (4, 296) = 3.781

χ2 (2) = 21.135

P-value

 

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

0.014

0.641

0.005

 < 0.0001

η2

 

.10

–

–

.04

–

–

.05

–

–

Marital status

          

Single

38

24.7 (8.18)

34 (70.8)

14 (29.2)

32.1 (8.66)

24 (50.0)

24 (50.0)

6.8 (7.64)

18 (37.5)

30 (62.5)

Married

217

24.1 (7.34)

136(62.7)

81 (37.3)

37.3 (13.4)

122(56.2)

95 (43.8)

8.5 (11.3)

89 (41.0)

128(59.0)

Separated/divorced

19

24.3 (7.58)

11 (57.9)

8 (42.1)

32.2 (15.6)

5 (26.3)

14 (73.7)

7.1 (13.3)

5 (26.3)

14 (73.7)

Widowed

17

23.6 (6.06)

11 (64.7)

6 (35.3)

37.1 (11.9)

10 (58.8)

7 (41.2)

10.9 (12.5)

10 (58.8)

7 (41.2)

t (df), χ2 (df), F (df)

 

F (3, 297) = 0.109

χ2 (3) = 1.440

F (3, 297) = 2.760

χ2 (3) = 6.720

F (3, 297) = 0.723

χ2 (3) = 4.157

P-value

 

0.955

0.696

0.042

0.081

0.539

0.245

η2

 

.001

–

–

.03

–

–

.003

–

–

Employment status

          

Permanent appointment

269

23.8 (7.34)

166(61.7)

103(38.3)

35.8 (13.4)

138(51.3)

131(48.7)

7.8 (11.3)

96 (35.7)

173(64.3)

Temporal appointment

20

25.8 (4.88)

17 (85.0)

3 (15.0)

37.4 (8.92)

14 (70.0)

6 (30.0)

12.9 (5.91)

17 (85.0)

3 (15.0)

Casual/Contract

12

30.2 (9.60)

9 (75.0)

3 (25.0)

41.0 (7.27)

9 (75.0)

3 (25.0)

12.3 (7.43)

3 (25.0)

9 (75.0)

t (df), χ2 (df), F (df)

 

F (2, 298) = 4.880

χ2 (2) = 5.052

F (2, 298) = 1.005

χ2 (2) = 4.941

F (2, 298) = 2.883

χ2 (2) = 24.941

P-value

 

0.008

0.080

0.367

0.085

0.058

 < 0.000

η2

 

.03

–

–

.006

–

–

.02

  

Work experience

          

 < 5 years

115

20.9 (6.11)

55 (47.8)

60 (52.2)

30.8 (9.73)

53 (46.1)

62 (53.9)

4.6 (6.78)

32 (27.8)

83 (72.2)

5–9 years

50

22.8 (6.56)

27 (54.0)

23 (46.0)

35.4 (8.64)

23 (46.0)

27 (54.0)

9.9 (8.82)

29 (58.0)

21 (42.0)

 ≥ 10 years

136

27.5 (7.32)

110(80.9)

26 (19.1)

40.9 (14.8)

85 (62.5)

51 (37.5)

10.9 (13.5)

61 (44.9)

75 (55.1)

t (df), χ2 (df), F (df)

 

F (2, 298) = 30.835

χ2 (2) = 31.963

F (2, 298) = 21.971

χ2 (2) = 8.099

F (2, 298) = 11.423

χ2 (2) = 15.086

P-value

 

 < 0.000

 < 0.000

 < 0.000

0.017

 < 0.000

0.001

η2

 

.17

–

–

.13

–

–

.07

–

–

  1. OND, Ordinary National Diploma; NCE, National Certificate of Examination; B.Sc., Bachelor of Science; B.Ed., Bachelor of Education; B.A., Bachelor of Arts; M.Sc., Master of Science; M.Ed., Master of Education; M.A., Master of Arts; equiv., Equivalent; CONTISS II, The Consolidated Tertiary Institutions Salary Structure II; CONUASS II, The Consolidated University Academic Staff Salary Structure II
  2. ***p < .0001; ** p < .001; * p < .05
  3. aCONTISS II, Annual gross salary from step 01–15
  4. bCONTISS II, Annual gross salary from step 01–11
  5. cCONTISS II, Annual gross salary from step 01–09
  6. dCONUASS II, Annual gross salary from step 01–09
  7. eCONUASS II, Annual gross salary from step 01–09; χ2 (df), Pearson’s chi-square and degree of freedom; F(df), F-ratio and degrees of freedom; t (df), independent-samples t-test and degree of freedom; η2, Partial Eta squared