Title

Sexual Coercion in India: An Exploratory Analysis Using Demographic Variables

Department/School

Justice and Society Studies

Date

1-1-1999

Document Type

Article

Keywords

female, cross-cultural, culture, demographics, demography, India epidemiology, male, marital relations, marriage, sex

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018717216774

Abstract

A 14-item Sexual Coercion Inventory (SCI) wasadministered to an urban university sample in WesternIndia. Twenty-six percent of the sample reported a totalof 160 incidents of sexual coercion ranging in severity from unwanted kissing to sexualintercourse. The most common outcome was intercourse andwas followed by kissing and fondling. No genderdifferences were discovered regarding victim status ortypes of coercion tactics experienced. A MANOVAanalysis found no overall gender effect, but maritalstatus and protected class membership did have asignificant effect with people who are married andprotected class members reporting more sexual coercion.Reasons for the lack of an overall gender effect andlimitations of this research are discussed.

Volume

28

Issue

6

Published in

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Citation/Other Information

Waldner, Lisa K., Linda Vaden-Goad and Anjoo Sikka. 1999. “Sexual Coercion in India: An Exploratory Analysis Using Demographic Variables.” Archives of Sexual Behavior 28(6): 759-74.

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