University of Michigan Climate Survey Related to Sex and Gender, 2024 (ICPSR 39591)
Version Date: Feb 16, 2026 View help for published
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Rachel Roth Sawatzky, University of Michigan;
Kevin M. Swartout, Rankin Climate
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR39591.v1
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The University of Michigan (U-M) contracted with Rankin Climate, LLC, to conduct an assessment of all campuses and Michigan Medicine via an anonymous survey of students, faculty, and staff focused on sexual harassment and gender-based misconduct in the winter and spring of 2024. Data gathered from the 2024 Campus Climate Survey Related to Sex and Gender assessed the prevalence of sexual harassment and misconduct, perceptions of these issues on U-M campuses, and awareness of campus responses and resources. A randomized sample of the undergraduate and graduate/professional student populations was selected and recruited to complete the survey.
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This data collection may not be used for any purpose other than statistical reporting and analysis. Use of these data to learn the identity of any person or establishment is prohibited. To protect respondent privacy, some of the data files in this collection are restricted from general dissemination. To obtain these restricted files researchers must agree to the terms and conditions of a Restricted Data Use Agreement.
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- For additional information on the University of Michigan Climate Survey, please visit the study website.
Study Purpose View help for Study Purpose
The purpose of this study was to collect comprehensive information on the experiences and perceptions of the University of Michigan's student and employee communities regarding sexual and gender-based harassment and misconduct.
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Thirty-five core questions assessed a variety of perceptions and experiences related to campus sexual and gender-based misconduct, including:
- Perceptions of safety on and around campus
- Awareness of campus resources
- Knowledge related to sexual misconduct prevention
- Experiences with sexual and gender-based misconduct
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The sample included a random 10% of all U-M students, faculty, and staff at the Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint Campuses and Michigan Medicine. Black/African American and Hispanic community members were oversampled by 10% to account for underrepresentation in past climate assessments conducted at U-M. The university utilized a stratified sample approach, surveying representative subgroups of the University population to bring equity to the data collection process and reliability to the findings.
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Undergraduate, graduate, and professional students, staff, and faculty at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Flint, and Dearborn campuses and Michigan Medicine.
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Description of Variables View help for Description of Variables
The study includes variables covering the following topics:
- Screener/Position Questions
- Demographics
- Perceptions Of Institutional Response
- Bystander Confidence
- Sexual Harassment
- Stalking
- Intimate Partner Violence
- Sexual Violence/Sexual Assault
- Consent (Students Only)
- Consent and Civility (Employees Only)
- Campus Safety
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The response rate to the survey invitation was 65.8%.
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ARC3 Campus Sexual Misconduct Survey
Swartout, K. M., Flack, W. F., Jr., Cook, S. L., Olson, L. N., Smith, P. H., and White, J. W. (2019). Measuring campus sexual misconduct and its context: The Administrator-Researcher Campus Climate Consortium (ARC3) survey. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 11(5), 495-504. doi: https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000395
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2026-02-16
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2026-02-16 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
- Created online analysis version with question text.
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A post-stratification survey weight variable is included in the dataset to account for slight representation differences regarding race/ethnicity (POSTRAT_RACE_ETH_INT). Weights were calculated separately for each campus and Michigan Medicine.
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