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Table 1 Operationalization of variables

From: The impact of sexual harassment on job satisfaction, turnover intentions, and absenteeism: findings from Pakistan compared to the United States

Variable name

Variable description

Sexual harassment

Sexual Experiences Questionnaire (SEQ)

Turnover intentions

Have you been trying to change your main occupation for the past 12 months?

Overall absenteeism

Sum of Absenteeism Illness and Absenteeism Stress

Absenteeism_Illness

In the past two years, have you taken off from work for more than a week due to work-related illness?

Absenteeism_Stress

In the past two years, have you taken off from work for more than a week due to work-related stress?

Job satisfaction

In general, how would you classify your degree of satisfaction with your present job? (From 1 = Very Satisfied to 5 = Very Dissatisfied).

 

Wage level________

 

Non-wage Benefits________

 

Nature of work________

 

Opportunity for improving skills________

 

Opportunity for promotion________

 

Work environment________

Age

What is your age?______

Education

What is your highest degree of schooling? (1 = none, 2 = elementary incomplete, 3 = elementary completed, 4 = high school incomplete, 5 = high school completed, 6 = college incomplete, 7 = college completed, 8 = Master or Doctoral degree completed.

Marital status

What is your marital status? 1 = single, 2 = Married, 3 = separated, 4 = divorced, 5 = widowed

  1. Note. The six job satisfaction items were pooled to measure job satisfaction.