Table 7 Sociodemographic and health variables of victims, conditional on class membership (N = 510)
From: Elder abuse victimization patterns: latent class analysis using perpetrators and abusive behaviours
Physical by children | Physical IPV | Physical and psychological by children | Polyvictimization by others | Physical abuse by others | Physical and psychological IPV | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Female | 88.5 | 70.7 | 74.0 | 69.4 | 62.1 | 79.0 | < 0.001 |
Male | 11.5 | 29.3 | 26.0 | 30.6 | 37.9 | 21.0 | ||
Age group | 60–69 | 71.0 | 29.3 | 64.6 | 36.5 | 41.4 | 26.3 | < 0.001 |
70–79 | 23.0 | 46.6 | 32.3 | 40.0 | 34.5 | 47.4 | ||
80+ | 6.0 | 24.1 | 3.1 | 23.5 | 24.1 | 26.3 | ||
Civil Status | Single | 3.1 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 10.3 | 31.6 | a |
Married/ Civil Union | 39.2 | 88.9 | 74.7 | 47.6 | 44.8 | 26.3 | ||
Divorced/Separated | 9.2 | 9.0 | 17.9 | 13.1 | 10.3 | 10.5 | ||
Widow | 48.5 | 1.4 | 6.3 | 39.3 | 34.5 | 31.6 | ||
Schooling | Up to 4 years | 84.5 | 91.5 | 76.3 | 89.0 | 86.2 | 94.4 | 0.038 |
5 or more years | 15.5 | 8.5 | 23.7 | 11.0 | 13.8 | 5.6 | ||
Living arrangements | Alone | 6.8 | 6.8 | 17.7 | 9.4 | 20.7 | 15.8 | 0.017 |
With others | 93.2 | 93.2 | 82.3 | 90.6 | 79.3 | 84.2 | ||
Perceived social support | Plenty/ Enough | 57.8 | 46.9 | 69.5 | 47.6 | 58.6 | 63.2 | 0.012 |
Few/No one | 42.2 | 53.1 | 30.53 | 52.4 | 41.4 | 36.8 | ||
Chronic disease | Yes | 82.1 | 72.4 | 77.2 | 73.2 | 72.0 | 73.7 | 0.432 |
No | 17.9 | 27.6 | 22.8 | 26.8 | 28.0 | 26.3 | ||
AVD | Yes | 16.9 | 25.6 | 8.4 | 47.4 | 48.3 | 31.8 | < 0.001 |
No | 83.1 | 74.4 | 91.6 | 52.6 | 51.7 | 68.2 | ||