RAND researchers report key findings from the 2015 Health Related Behaviors Survey of active-duty service members. The report details the survey’s methodology and sample demographics, as well as policy implications. The results are intended to supplement data already collected by the Department of Defense and to inform policy initiatives to help improve the readiness, health, and well-being of the force.

2015 Department of Defense Health Related Behaviors Survey (HRBS)

Engineering & Transportation

Cefalu, Matthew

Ramchand, Rajeev

Doyle, Molly

Meadows, Sarah O.

Collins, Rebecca L.

Engel, Charles C.

Beckman, Robin L.

Hawes-Dawson, Jennifer

Kress, Amii M.

Sontag-Padilla, Lisa

Williams, Kayla M.

Engineering

RAND Corporation

This report describes analyses designed to identify service member and environmental characteristics that are associated with service members' risk of sexual assault or sexual harassment. These analyses draw on data from one of the largest surveys ever conducted on sexual assault and harassment experiences, the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study.

Risk Factors for Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military

Morral, Andrew R.

Schell, Terry L.

Farris, Coreen

Matthews, Miriam

Business

This report, the second edition of an earlier work, synthesizes the available scientific evidence for the effects of various firearm policies on firearm deaths, violent crime, the gun industry, defensive gun use, and other outcomes. The authors highlight policies whose effects are better supported by evidence and areas where more and better information could contribute to establishing fair and effective gun policies.

The Science of Gun Policy: A Critical Synthesis of Research Evidence on the Effects of Gun Policies in the United States

Self-Help

Cherney, Samantha

Smart, Rosanna

Smucker, Sierra

Peterson, Samuel

Ahluwalia, Sangeeta C.

Xenakis, Lea

Gresenz, Carole Roan

Death & Grief

This report describes analyses, using data from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study, designed to assess the effects of sexual assault and sexual harassment on service members' decisions to separate from the military. Among other findings, this study demonstrates that more than 8,000 separations over a 28-month period (8 percent of all separations) were associated with sexual assault or harassment experiences.

Effects of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment on Separation from the U.S. Military: Findings from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study

Politics & Social Sciences

Cottrell, Linda

Sociology

Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination in the Active-Component Army: Variation in Most Serious Event Characteristics by Gender and Installation Risk

Calkins, Avery

Using data from the 2016 and 2018 Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Members, RAND researchers produced descriptions of the circumstances surrounding soldiers' self-identified most serious sexual assault experiences. The authors provide information on which sexual assault behaviors occurred, characteristics of perpetrators, and the times and places the experiences occurred.

Sexual Assault Experiences in the Active-Component Army: Variation by Year, Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Installation Risk Level

Parenting & Relationships

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