"Is the data meaningful without national statistics?" Hoyt said. "Yes, but not as much."
According to national statistics compiled in 1988 and cited by the University of Maryland in 1994, one in four college women have either been raped or suffered attempted rape.
Eleven forcible on-campus sex offenses were reported to the Harvard University Police Department in 1999--10 in residence halls.
PRDRE leaders declined to comment.
UHS director Dr. David S. Rosenthal '59 noted that students had been very supportive of the survey.
"I was very pleased that students wanted to take part in this survey," Rosenthal said. "This was a detailed survey with respect to sexual abuse and other health behaviors and really geared to the college population."
The study has been several years in the making on a national scale, Rosenthal said.