Precarious employment and self-reported experiences of unwanted sexual attention and sexual harassment at work. An analysis of the European Working Conditions Survey

Marvin Reuter, Morten Wahrendorf, Cristina Di Tecco, Tahira M Probst, Antonio Chirumbolo, Stefanie Ritz-Timme, Claudio Barbaranelli, Sergio Iavicoli and Nico Dragano

PLOS ONE, 2020, vol. 15, issue 5, 1-19

Abstract: Unwanted sexual attention (UWSA) and sexual harassment (SH) are prevalent experiences for women in working life and often accompanied by poor health. Despite increasing numbers especially of young people working in insecure and irregular employment settings, there is little empirical evidence if such precarious arrangements are associated with UWSA or SH. To investigate this, we used a representative sample of the European working population consisting of 63,966 employees in 33 countries who participated in the European Working Conditions Survey in 2010 or 2015. Precarious employment (PE) was assessed on the basis of seven indicators and a formative index derived from them: temporary employment, contractual duration

Date: 2020
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