DOI: 10.3886/icpsr39591.v1
title: University of Michigan Climate Survey Related to Sex and Gender, 2024
title: Version 1

description: 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.
description: 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.
description: 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
description: 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
description: A post-stratification survey weight variable is included in the dataset to account for slight representation differences regarding race/ethnicity (<strong>POSTRAT_RACE_ETH_INT</strong>). Weights were calculated separately for each campus and Michigan Medicine.
description: Response Rates: The response rate to the survey invitation was 65.8%.
description: Presence of Common Scales: 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
description: 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.
description: Datasets: 
DS0: Study-Level Files
DS1: Public-Use Data
DS2: Restricted-Use Data
description: Undergraduate, graduate, and professional students, staff, and faculty at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Flint, and Dearborn campuses and Michigan Medicine.
description: web-based surveyFor additional information on the University of Michigan Climate Survey, please visit the study website.