This Washington Post-ABC News poll was conducted by telephone October 11-15, 2017 among a random national sample of 1,260 adults (including 740 women), including users of both conventional and cellular phones. The results from the full survey have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points for the full sample and 4 points among women. Sampling, data collection and tabulation by SSRS of Glen Mills, Pa. (Full methodological details appended at the end.) *= less than 0.5 percent 1. Do you think sexual harassment of women in the workplace is a problem in this country or not? (IF PROBLEM) Is that a serious problem, or not serious? 10/15/17 11/13/11 6/8/94 12/14/92 10/13/91 10/12/91 -------------- Problem ------------NET Serious Not serious No op. 75 64 10 1 64 47 13 3 71 NA NA NA 85 74 76 " " " Not a problem 21 30 27 13 21 16 No opinion 4 6 2 2 5 7 2. (ASK IF FEMALE) Have you ever received unwanted sexual advances from a man [item], or not? Summary table – 10/15/17 Never worked (vol.) No op. Yes No a. that you felt were inappropriate. This can be in any circumstance, whether or not work-related 54 46 0 * b. who worked for the same company as you 30 68 2 * c. who had influence over your work situation 23 75 2 * 3. (ASK IF FEMALE AND RECEIVED UNWANTED SEXUAL ADVANCES AT WORK OR FROM A MAN WHO HAD INFLUENCE OVER WORK SITUATION) Thinking about the unwanted sexual advances you received at work, do you consider that to have been [ITEM], or not? Summary table – 10/15/17 a. sexual harassment b. sexual abuse Yes 79 33 No 21 66 No opinion 0 * 4. (ASK IF FEMALE AND RECEIVED UNWANTED SEXUAL ADVANCES AT WORK OR FROM A MAN WHO HAD INFLUENCE OVER WORK SITUATION) Did you ever report unwanted sexual advances that you received at work to anyone in a supervisory position there, or not? 10/15/17 Yes 42 No 58 No opinion 0 5. (ASK IF FEMALE AND RECEIVED UNWANTED SEXUAL ADVANCES AT WORK OR FROM A MAN WHO HAD INFLUENCE OVER WORK SITUATION) Please tell me if each of the following words does or does not describe your feelings about these unwanted sexual advances? Summary table – 10/15/17 a. b. c. d. Humiliated Intimidated Angry Ashamed Does 52 64 83 31 Does not 48 35 17 69 No opinion 0 1 * 0 6. Generally speaking, do you think that a man who sexually harasses a woman in the workplace usually (is punished for it), or usually (gets away with it)? 10/15/17 Punished 29 Gets away with it 65 No opinion 6 *** END *** METHODOLOGICAL DETAILS This poll was sponsored and funded by The Washington Post and ABC News and is a random sample adults of the United States, including interviews in English and Spanish. This questionnaire was administered with the exact questions in the exact order as appears in this document unless otherwise noted. These questions were part of an “omnibus” survey in which other questions were asked before or after these questions. A dual frame landline and cellular phone telephone sample was generated by Marketing Systems Group (MSG) using Random Digit Dialing procedures. Interviewers called landlines cellular phone numbers, first requesting to speak with the youngest adult male or female at home. The final sample included 516 interviews completed on landlines and 744 interviews completed via cellular phones, including 484 interviews with adults in cell phone-only households. This survey uses statistical weighting procedures to account for differential chances of being selected due to landline and cellular phone access and household size. Weighting also corrects for deviations in the survey sample from known population characteristics, which helps correct for differential survey participation and random variation in samples. The overall adult sample is weighted using a raking procedure to match the demographic makeup of the population by sex, region, age, education, race/ethnicity, marital status, and population density according to Census Bureau estimates. The sample is also weighted to match phone estimates of the share of the population who are cell phone-only, landline-only and mixed user populations according to the National Health Interview Survey. The sample is also weighted to match the average of party identification in the previous two waves of SSRS weekly surveys and the current survey. All error margins have been adjusted to account for the survey’s design effect, which is 1.4 for this survey. The design effect is a factor representing the survey’s deviation from a simple random sample, and takes into account decreases in precision due to sample design and weighting procedures. Surveys that do not incorporate a design effect overstate their precision. Contact polls@washpost.com for further information about how The Washington Post conducts polls. The Washington Post is a charter member of AAPOR’s Transparency Initiative, which recognizes organizations that disclose key methodological details on the research they produce.