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Examining Gender Differences in Quality of Life Issues among URI Students
Bettina B. Höppner Spring 2003SQOLAS Project
Presentation prepared for the President’s Commission on the Status of Women
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The SQOLAS Project SQOLAS = Student Quality of Life and
Satisfaction Supported by
Student Affairs (Thomas R. Dougan) Counseling Center (James F. Campbell)
Campus assessments to date: Housing and Residential Life Survey:
1997-2002 Counseling Center Survey: 1993-2002 SQOLAS Survey: 1997-2001 Career Services Survey: 1997, 2001 Diversity Climate Assessment: 2001 Dining Services: 1998
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Relevant Data Stress and coping
SQOLAS: 2001 Health
SQOLAS: 2001 Personal safety
HRL: 1999-2002 Sexual harassment
Counseling Center: 1993-2002 ‘chilly environment’
Diversity Climate Assessment: 2001
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Quality of Life – campus-wide
2001
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Stress and Coping
Frequency rating of experienced stress/successful coping
0 = never 4 = frequently
Gender difference Stress: Coping:
0
1
2
3
4
stress coping
women (n=273)men (n=143)
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Health: Common Ailments
Frequency rating (within 1 year)
1 = never 2 = 1-2 times 3 = 3-4 times 4 = 5-6 times 5 = 7+ times
Gender differences: Common cold: Headache: Sore throat: Abdominal pain:
1
2
3
4
5
cold head throat abdomen
women (n=265)men (n=141)
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Health: Infections
Frequency rating (within 1 year)
1 = never 2 = 1-2 times 3 = 3-4 times 4 = 5-6 times 5 = 7+ times
Gender differences: Ear infection: Urinary tract infection: Sinus infection: Influenza:
1
2
3
4
5
ear urinary sinus flu
women (n=272)men (n=140)
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Health: Conditions
Frequency rating (within 1 year)
1 = never 2 = 1-2 times 3 = 3-4 times 4 = 5-6 times 5 = 7+ times
Gender differences: Back pain: Heart palpitation: High blood pressure:
1
2
3
4
5
back heart blood
women (n=270)men (n=140)
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Health: Breathing
Frequency rating (within 1 year)
1 = never 2 = 1-2 times 3 = 3-4 times 4 = 5-6 times 5 = 7+ times
Gender differences: Tightness in chest: Asthma attacks: Shortness of breath:
1
2
3
4
5
chest asthma breath
women (n=272)men (n=140)
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Health: Miscellaneous
Frequency rating (within 1 year)
1 = never 2 = 1-2 times 3 = 3-4 times 4 = 5-6 times 5 = 7+ times
Gender differences: Broken/fractured bone: Sexually transmitted disease: Blacking out/passing out:
1
2
3
4
5
bone STD blackout
women (n=271)men (n=140)
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Counseling Center
1993 - 2002
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Counseling Center Clients
0
100
200
300
400
500
93-94 95-96 97-98 99-00 01-'02
number of clients
femalemale
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Main Counseling Topics
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
female male
stress
depressionrelationships
academiclonely
breakupreferral
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Other Counseling Topics
0%2%4%6%8%
10%12%14%
women men
eating
lossassault
sexualsuicide
alcohol/drugsgay/ lesbian
harassmentgambling
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Physical/Sexual Assault
0
10
20
30
40
50
93-94 95-96 97-98 99-00 01-'02
number of clients
femalemale
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Physical/Sexual Assault (%)
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
93-94 95-96 97-98 99-00 01-'02
percentage of clients
femalemale
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Racial/Ethnic/Sexual Harassment
0
2
4
6
8
10
93-94 95-96 97-98 99-00 01-'02
number of clients
femalemale
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Racial/Ethnic/Sexual Harassment (%)
0%
1%
2%
3%
93-94 95-96 97-98 99-00 01-'02
percentage of clients
femalemale
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Housing and Residential Life
1999 - 2002
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Dormitory Safety 1999
Agreement rating 1 = strongly disagree 4 = strongly agree
Gender difference Inside safety: No/some (F(1,526)=3.64; t=1.91) Outside safety: No/some (F(1,526)=3.64; t=1.91)
1
2
3
4
inside safety outside safety
women (n=287)men (n=241)
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Dormitory Safety 2000
Satisfaction rating 1 = almost never satisfied 4 = always satisfied
Gender difference Inside safety: Outside safety: No/some (F(1,705)=3.43; t=1.85)
1
2
3
4
inside safety outside safety
women (n=432)men (n=275)
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Dormitory Safety 2001
Satisfaction rating 1 = almost never satisfied 4 = always satisfied
Gender difference Inside safety: Outside safety:
1
2
3
4
inside safety outside safety
women (n=293)men (n=215)
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Dormitory Safety 2002
Satisfaction rating 1 = almost never satisfied 5 = always satisfied
Gender difference Inside safety: Outside safety: Exterior lighting:
1
2
3
4
5
inside safetyoutside safety exteriorlighting
women (n=286)men (n=206)
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Diversity Climate
2001
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Diversity Climate 2001 Sample
149 URI students 72.3% Caucasian 61.5% lower class standing 59.7% female 0.7% gay/lesbian/bisexual 0.7% with disability
Measure Campus Diversity Questionnaire (CDQ-R)
(Landrum,Vandernoot, & Dillinger, 1999) Rating of campus climate regarding multicultural
issues (ethnic background, sexual orientation, disability)
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Diversity Climate: Subscales
Agreement rating 1 = strongly disagree 5 = strongly agree
↑ score = positive perception of climate
Gender difference Ethnicity: Disability: Sexual orientation:
1
2
3
4
5
ethnicity disability sexualorientation
female (n=89)male (n=58)
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Diversity Climate: Items
Agreement rating 1 = strongly disagree 5 = strongly agree
Gender difference Diversity strengthens communities: Diversity enhances economy: People w/ disabilities feel comfortable at URI:
1
2
3
4
5
strengthenscommunities
enhanceseconomy
disabled feelcomfortable
femalemale