Investigating Sexual Assault Rates Using a Holistic Approach
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https://doi.org/10.47611/jsrhs.v13i3.7605Keywords:
sexual assault, Kendall coefficient, RAINN, unemployment rate, level of educationAbstract
The rates of sexual assault in the United States of America (USA) remain high with 282,043 incidents in females in 2021 alone. We wanted to determine the socio-economic and political factors associated with rates of rape.
We examined data from 1990 to 2021 and noted crucial political, socio-economic and other noteworthy events that occurred during this time period. Our dataset includes data from the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Association of American Universities (AUU), and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS).
A statistical analysis showed a link between unemployment, the year, the annual change in unemployment, crucial geopolitical events, and educational levels with the rates of rape in the United States. A significant link was found between education level, unemployment, and poverty on sexual assault rates; however, there was a lack of evidence for a link between the year and annual change in unemployment on sexual assault rates.
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