Blog posts with the tag "By the Numbers"

By the Numbers - June 1, 2015

By Shirl Kennedy  on 01.06.2015 11:33 am

0.3%
and 
3%

The percentages, respectively, of male and female active component U.S. Coast Guard members (39,000) who "experienced one or more sexual assaults in the past year," according to a new RAND Corporation report -- Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military:  Volume 3. Estimates for Coast Guard Service Members from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study. This includes assaults by other service members (77% of female victims), family members, civilians or "others."

By the Numbers - May 4, 2015

By Shirl Kennedy  on 04.05.2015 2:05 pm

116,000
and
20,300

Respectively, the number of Service members who were sexually harassed last year and the number who were sexually assaulted, according to a new RAND Corporation report -- Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military (Volume 2. Estimates for Department of Defense Service Members from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study).

By the Numbers - Apr. 27, 2015

By Shirl Kennedy  on 27.04.2015 3:03 pm
Photo by Senior Airman Kristoffer Kaubisch/U.S. Air Force

37%

The percentage of U.S. military members who "sleep the recommended seven to eight hours per night," according to a new RAND Corporation report -- Sleep Problems and Their Impact on U.S. Servicemembers. Moreover, 31% of the servicemembers in RAND's survey reported getting fewer than 5 hours of sleep a night -- "an amount linked to an increased risk of mental and physical health problems," according to the researchers. Additionally, "nearly half the sample had clinically significant poor sleep quality. (By way of comparison, the study noted that just 8% of the adult civilian population reported getting 5 or fewer hours of sleep per night.)

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