| |
Centre for Policy on Ageing | |
 | |
|
Prevalence estimates and correlates of elder abuse in the United States
— the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey | | Author(s) | Andre B Rosay, Carrie F Mulford |
| Journal title | Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, vol 29, no 1, January-February 2017 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, January-February 2017 |
| Pages | pp 1-14 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Personal relationships ; Crime ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This study examines the prevalence and correlates of psychological abuse and physical abuse against women and men aged 70 or older. Self-report data from 2,185 respondents in the 2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) were used to create weighted estimates for past-year experiences of abuse. Correlates were then examined using survey logistic regression models. More than 1 in 10 adults who are 70 years of age or older (14.0%) experienced some form of abuse in the past year, with 12.1% experiencing psychological abuse and 1.7% experiencing physical abuse. One in five victims (20.8%) were abused by both intimate and non-intimate partners. Health care insecurity was the strongest correlate of past-year abuse. The odds of experiencing abuse were 4.53 times greater for those who experienced health care insecurity than for those who did not. This presents a significant challenge for identifying and helping victims of abuse. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170224217 A |
| Classmark | QNT: DS: TWA: 3F: 7T |
Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing |
|
| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
| |
|