Ideological and gender factors in the perception of the increase in sexual assaults in Spain
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This article analyses the factors that structure citizens' perception of the increase in sexual assaults against women in Spain, with the aim of determining whether ideological and gender factors carry more explanatory weight than structural or socioeconomic factors. A secondary analysis of the microdata from CIS Study No. 3393 is conducted, using descriptive and bivariate analyses, binary logistic regression, and exploratory factor analysis complemented with cluster analysis. The results show that sex and age are the main determinants of the perception that sexual assaults have increased, while the effect of political ideology is more limited once the other variables are controlled. Likewise, structural factors—educational level, income, and religious practice—exhibit weak or insignificant effects. Exploratory factor analysis and cluster analysis identify three differentiated attitudinal profiles—high, medium, and low awareness—suggesting that the social perception of sexual violence is fundamentally structured around cultural and identity cleavages rather than socioeconomic inequalities.
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