The 2021 Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Military Members (2021 WGR): Active Component Results and Trends report contains tabulations of the results from the 2021 WGR conducted from December 9, 2021 through March 3, 2022. The principal purpose of the 2021 WGR is to provide estimated prevalence rates of unwanted sexual contact, sexual harassment, and sex discrimination among military members and to assess attitudes and perceptions about personnel programs and policies designed to reduce the occurrence of these unwanted behaviors. This Results and Trends report focuses on members of the DoD’s Active component and presents for each survey question. The report also presents results of the 2021 WGR for each military service branch (including the Coast Guard). Where possible, the report presents statistical comparisons between results from the 2021 WGR and results from the last survey of the Active component (in 2018).
Note: Prior to 2025, OPA research products used the term “gender” to describe men and women. These groups were defined using survey items and/or administrative data categories for “male” and “female”; therefore, references to gender should be understood to mean “sex”.