Molly Rosenberg1, Ashley Townes2,3, Shaneil Taylor2, Maya Luetke1, Debby Herbenick2,3. 1. a Department of Epidemiology , Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington , Bloomington , Indiana , USA. 2. b Department of Applied Health Science , Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington , Bloomington , Indiana , USA. 3. c Center for Sexual Health Promotion, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington , Bloomington , Indiana , USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To understand how missing data may influence conclusions drawn from campus sexual assault surveys. METHODS: We systematically reviewed 40 surveys from 2010-2016. We constructed a pseudo-population of the total population targeted across schools, creating records proportional to the respective response rate and reported sexual assault prevalence. We simulated the effects of 9 scenarios where the sexual assault prevalence among nonresponders differed from that of responders. RESULTS: The surveys represented a total female undergraduate population of 317,387 with only 77,966 (24.6%) survey responses. Among responders, 20.4% reported experiences of sexual assault. However, prevalence of sexual assault could theoretically range from 5.0 to 80.4% under extreme assumptions about prevalence in nonresponders. Smaller, but still significant differences were observed with less extreme assumptions. CONCLUSIONS: Missing data are widespread in campus sexual assault surveys. Conclusions drawn from these incomplete data are highly sensitive to assumptions about the sexual assault prevalence among nonresponders.
OBJECTIVE: To understand how missing data may influence conclusions drawn from campus sexual assault surveys. METHODS: We systematically reviewed 40 surveys from 2010-2016. We constructed a pseudo-population of the total population targeted across schools, creating records proportional to the respective response rate and reported sexual assault prevalence. We simulated the effects of 9 scenarios where the sexual assault prevalence among nonresponders differed from that of responders. RESULTS: The surveys represented a total female undergraduate population of 317,387 with only 77,966 (24.6%) survey responses. Among responders, 20.4% reported experiences of sexual assault. However, prevalence of sexual assault could theoretically range from 5.0 to 80.4% under extreme assumptions about prevalence in nonresponders. Smaller, but still significant differences were observed with less extreme assumptions. CONCLUSIONS: Missing data are widespread in campus sexual assault surveys. Conclusions drawn from these incomplete data are highly sensitive to assumptions about the sexual assault prevalence among nonresponders.
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