Does OVAW-P correlate with other factors such as age, election result, and
frequency of social media use?
According to the data from Facebook, sexual violence increased with an increase in age.
While the two forms of violence: insult and hate speech and trolling were more associated
with younger women age groups. Online violence was predominantly associated with the losing
candidates, and 72.7 percent of the women who lost the election experienced disinformation and
60 percent of the women who lost the election experienced insults and hate speech, and 75% of the
women who lost the election experienced sexual harassment and 77.4 percent of the women who lost the
election experienced trolling.
In terms of social media frequency of use, higher usage of social media platforms resulted in
higher levels of online violence.
Percentage of women candidates on Twitter experiencing a specific
form of online violence grouped by their age
Percentage of women candidates on Facebook experiencing a
specific form of online violence grouped by their age
Percentage of women candidates experiencing a specific form of OVAWP
grouped by their usage frequency on Facebook
Percentage of women candidates on Facebook experiencing online
violence grouped by the election outcome