This statistic depicts the share of college students reporting nonconsensual sexual contact in the United States in 2019, by gender and ethnicity. During the survey, 24.8 percent of female students identifying as American Indian or Alaska Native reported experiencing nonconsensual sexual contact, compared to 9.4 percent of male students and 37.8 percent of TGQN students of the same ethnicity.
Share of students experiencing nonconsensual sexual contact in the U.S. in 2019, by gender and ethnicity*
*Nonconsensual sexual contact is considered to be nonconsensual sexual contact involving physical force or incapacitation.
Both undergraduate and graduate students included in total.
*TGQN are respondents identifying as either a transgender woman or transgender man, genderqueer, gender non-conforming, questioning, or not listed.
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Association of American Universities. (October 15, 2019). Share of students experiencing nonconsensual sexual contact in the U.S. in 2019, by gender and ethnicity* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/937229/college-sexual-assault-share-students-experiencing-nonconsensual-sexual-contact-gender-ethnicity/
Association of American Universities. "Share of students experiencing nonconsensual sexual contact in the U.S. in 2019, by gender and ethnicity*." Chart. October 15, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/937229/college-sexual-assault-share-students-experiencing-nonconsensual-sexual-contact-gender-ethnicity/
Association of American Universities. (2019). Share of students experiencing nonconsensual sexual contact in the U.S. in 2019, by gender and ethnicity*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/937229/college-sexual-assault-share-students-experiencing-nonconsensual-sexual-contact-gender-ethnicity/
Association of American Universities. "Share of Students Experiencing Nonconsensual Sexual Contact in The U.S. in 2019, by Gender and Ethnicity*." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Oct 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/937229/college-sexual-assault-share-students-experiencing-nonconsensual-sexual-contact-gender-ethnicity/
Association of American Universities, Share of students experiencing nonconsensual sexual contact in the U.S. in 2019, by gender and ethnicity* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/937229/college-sexual-assault-share-students-experiencing-nonconsensual-sexual-contact-gender-ethnicity/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Share of students experiencing nonconsensual sexual contact in the U.S. in 2019, by gender and ethnicity* [Graph], Association of American Universities, October 15, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/937229/college-sexual-assault-share-students-experiencing-nonconsensual-sexual-contact-gender-ethnicity/
