Assessing Diversity, Discrimination and Sexual Harassment in the Navy: Results of the Navy Climate S

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Assessing Diversity, Discrimination and Sexual
Harassment in the Navy Results of the Navy
Climate Survey
Paul Rosenfeld Carol E. Newell Navy Personnel,
Research, Studies, Technology Bureau of Naval
Personnel Millington, TN Presented at the Eighth
Annual Navy Workforce Research and Analysis
Conference Arlington, VA 6 May 2008
The authors thank Yueh-chun Kang for her extended
analysis assistance on this project and Zannette
Uriell for her editorial support
The opinions expressed are those of the authors.
They are not official and do not represent the
views of the U.S. Navy Department.
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Survey Administration

• NCS start date August 2006
• NCS end date November 2006

Eligible Population 19,628 Eligible
Returns 4,682
Response Rate 24
Response rate calculated according to formula
recommended by American Association for Public
Opinion Research (AAPOR). Response rate is lower
than Navy response rate (28-29) on DoD Surveys.
Margins of Error /- 3 or less for Enlisted,
Officers /- 4 or less for Male (Enlisted
Officers) /- 5 or less for Women (Enlisted
Officers) /- 5 or less for White, Black,
Hispanic and Asian (Enlisted Officers)
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Diversity Awareness Support
Officers
Enlisted
77 on 2005 Quick Poll
71 on 2005 Quick Poll
81 on 2005 Quick Poll
72 on 2005 Quick Poll
93 on 2005 Quick Poll
88 on 2005 Quick Poll
83 on 2005 Quick Poll
70 on 2005 Quick Poll
47 on 2005 Quick Poll
59 on 2005 Quick Poll 43 on 2004 NOS
66 on 2005 Quick Poll
51 on 2005 Quick Poll
Responses of those who chose Dont Know/Not
Applicable not presented. NOS 2004 Navy
Officer Survey
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Diversity Leadership
Officers
Enlisted
62 on 2005 Quick Poll 53 on 2004 NOS
55 on 2005 Quick Poll
72 on 2005 Quick Poll
57 on 2005 Quick Poll
82 on 2005 Quick Poll
61 on 2005 Quick Poll
55 on 2005 Quick Poll
67 on 2005 Quick Poll
Responses of those who chose Dont Know/Not
Applicable not presented NOS 2004 Navy Officer
Survey .
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Diversity Organizational Impact
Officers
Enlisted
53 on 2005 Quick Poll 39 on 2004 NOS
55 on 2005 Quick Poll
71 on 2005 Quick Poll
71 on 2005 Quick Poll
62 on 2005 Quick Poll
59 on 2005 Quick Poll
57 on 2005 Quick Poll
62 on 2005 Quick Poll
7 on 2005 Quick Poll
18 on 2005 Quick Poll
37 on 2005 Quick Poll
52 on 2005 Quick Poll
Responses of those who chose Dont Know/Not
Applicable not presented. NOS 2004 Navy
Officer Survey
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Diversity allows the Navy to better accomplish
its mission (Officers)
Percent Agree/Strongly Agree
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Diversity Satisfaction
Officers
Enlisted
69 on 2005 Quick Poll 56 on 2004 NOS
61 on 2005 Quick Poll
47 on 2005 Quick Poll 40 on 2004 NOS
45 on 2005 Quick Poll
NOS 2004 Navy Officer Survey
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Percentage Who Experienced Racial/Ethnic
Discrimination During the Past 12 Months
Enlisted
Officers

Note APIs not broken out separately in 1995
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Racial Discrimination Behaviors (Enlisted)
Negative Comments
Note APIs not broken out separately in 1995
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Racial Discrimination Behaviors (Officers)
Negative Comments
Note APIs not broken out separately in 1995
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Sexual Harassment ClimateFemale Enlisted
Respondents
Percent Strongly Agree/Agree
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Sexual Harassment ClimateMale Enlisted
Respondents
Percent Strongly Agree/Agree
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Percentage Who Experienced Sexual Harassment
During the Past 12 Months
Officer Respondents
Enlisted Respondents
1995 DMDC Navy results on 1995 DoD Sexual
Harassment Survey
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SH Behaviors Experienced in the Past 12 Months
(Enlisted)
Note Multiple responses allowed.
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SH Behaviors Experienced in the Past 12 Months
(Officer)
Note Due to small N for Enlisted/Officer men,
remaining results focus on Enlisted/Officer
women. Multiple responses allowed.
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Characteristics of Harassers Female Enlisted
Civilian/Military Status
Organizational Status
Note Multiple responses allowed.
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Characteristics of Harassers Female Officer
Civilian/Military Status
Organizational Status
Note Multiple responses allowed.
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Percentage Who Experienced Gender Discrimination
During the Past 12 Months
Enlisted Respondents
Officer Respondents
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Gender Discrimination - Enlisted
Gender Discrimination Behaviors Experienced in
the past 12 months
Negative comments
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Gender Discrimination - Officer
Gender Discrimination Behaviors Experienced in
the past 12 months
Negative comments
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Summary (1 of 3)

• Diversity
• Good News
• Awareness and support for Navys diversity
  efforts have increased
• Over 3/4 of officers and 2/3 of enlisted have
  heard Navy leaders speak about diversity clear
  increases from past results
• More agree that senior leadership supports
  diversity and that Navy is serious about its
  diversity emphasis
• Over 2/3 agree that increased diversity will
  allow Navy to better accomplish its mission just
  over 1/2 agreed with this item on 2005 Quick Poll
• Areas of Concern
• Whites are less likely to feel positive about the
  Navys diversity efforts and express less
  commitment to leading diversity than minority
  members do
• Minorities and women are generally less likely to
  agree that Navy senior leadership supports
  diversity than Whites and males are

• Mentoring
• Good News
• Nearly 60 of officers (70 Black officers)
  indicate they currently have a mentor (was 53 in
  2004)
• 2/3 of enlisted currently have a mentor (was 57
  in 2005)
• More than 80 of officers and enlisted have had a
  mentor sometime during their Navy career
• Areas of Concern
• Despite gains, 1/3 of enlisted and about 40 of
  officers do not currently have a mentor
• Only 1/2 of enlisted are satisfied with access to
  mentoring at their commands or in the Navy
• Less than 60 of officers are satisfied with
  access to mentoring at their command or in the
  Navy

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Summary (2 of 3)

• Training
• Good News
• Over ¾ received EO training, and higher
  percentages (84-91) received fraternization,
  sexual harassment and sexual assault
  prevention/awareness trainings in past year
• Attendance at sexual assault prevention/awareness
  GMT increased 15 points for officers and 6 points
  for enlisted compared to 2005 SAVI Quick Poll
  results
• Areas of Concern
• Despite improvements, 100 compliance with
  mandatory trainings has not been achieved

• Racial/Ethnic Discrimination
• Good News
• For both Black officers and enlisted, rates of
  discrimination have decreased since 1995,
  although rates were same or similar to 2002
• Rates of negative comments, a common form of
  discrimination, have trended down especially for
  enlisted minorities
• Areas of Concern
• Despite reductions over time, about 1/3 of
  enlisted minorities and 1/4 of Black officers
  indicate they have experienced racial/ethnic
  discrimination in the past 12 months
• Negative comments and offensive jokes remain the
  most common forms of racial/ethnic discrimination

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Summary (3 of 3)

• Sexual Harassment
• Good News
• In 2006, fewer women reported being sexually
  harassed than in 2002
• Harassment rates for both women officers and
  enlisted have decreased by about 1/3 since 1995
• Most frequently reported sexual harassment are
  the milder forms (jokes, teasing, etc.) severe
  forms of sexual harassment are less common
• More than 85 of all groups report that they know
  what is considered sexual harassment
• More than two-thirds believe actions are being
  taken to prevent sexual harassment in the Navy
  and that their command enforces the Navys sexual
  harassment policy

• Areas of Concern
• One-third of women officers and over half of
  enlisted women believe SH is a problem in the
  Navy
• Close to half of enlisted and one-third of
  officers report SH by a supervisor
• Larger percentage of women officers reported SH
  by civilians/contractors in 2006 (24) than in
  2002 (12)
• SH experiences may influence decisions to stay or
  leave the Navy
• Nearly 1/3 of women officers and over 40 of
  enlisted women report experiencing gender
  discrimination in past year, similar to results
  of previous surveys