Table 1 Factors, loadings, the Cronbach’s Alpha if item deleted, and Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of the extracted sexual harassment perceptions questionnaire among women working in Bahir Dar city hospitality workplaces between July 1 and August 30, 2021

PSHQ_HW3

Sexual harassment is an offer of a new job in exchange for sexual advances

.901

PSHQ_HW2

Sexual harassment is preparing women for sexual harassment by providing better career advancement

.900

PSHQ_HW1

Sexual harassment is preparing for sexual harassment by making inappropriate promises

.905

PSHQ_HW4

Sexual harassment is an act of threatening to hurt relatives in exchange for sexual advances

.905

PSHQ_HW5

Sexual harassment is threatening to complain or falsely accuse about the service being provided to the immediate supervisor unless women agree to sexual favours

.904

PSHQ_HW16

Sexual harassment is conducting sexual intercourse through force or under threat of injury against the women will

.907

PSHQ_HW17

Sexual harassment is slapping, kicking, pinching, or insulting women while they refuse to agree to a sexual favour

.906

PSHQ_HW15

Sexual harassment is a forcible take of women for sexual intercourse after they leave their job

.910

PSHQ_HW7

Sexual harassment is an act of speaking random sexual jokes to women while she is at work

.907

PSHQ_HW8

Sexual harassment is a repeated request of women to engage in sexual activities

.908

PSHQ_HW6

Sexual harassment is an act of touching sexual sensitive parts while the women are at work

.902

.913