Table 1 Elder abuse in past 12 months. Sociodemographic and health characteristics of older Mexican women
Elder abuse (past 12 months) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | Total | |
n = 15332 | n = 3084 | n = 18416 | |
Age (years) | |||
60–69 | 83.8 | 16.2 | 57.3 |
70–79 | 81.2 | 18.8 | 30.0 |
80+ | 81.7 | 18.3 | 12.7 |
Ethnicity (speaking an indigenous language) | |||
No | 83.4 | 16.6 | 72.5 |
Yes | 81.0 | 19.0 | 27.5 |
Educational level | |||
No schooling | 79.7 | 20.3 | 25.5 |
Elementary school | 82.2 | 17.9 | 50.5 |
High school and undergraduate | 87.2 | 12.8 | 24.1 |
Marital status | |||
Married/living-in | 85.0 | 15.0 | 51.0 |
Separated/divorced | 80.4 | 19.6 | 44.0 |
Unmarried/single | 82.6 | 17.4 | 5.1 |
Economic dependence | |||
Economically independent and without economic dependents | 80.5 | 19.5 | 17.3 |
Economically independent with economic dependents | 77.6 | 22.4 | 13.4 |
Economically dependent without economic dependents | 85.6 | 14.4 | 50.3 |
Economically dependent with economic dependents | 80.8 | 19.2 | 19.0 |
Disease and/or disability | |||
No | 84.1 | 15.9 | 83.2 |
Yes | 76.2 | 23.8 | 16.8 |
Child abuse (CA) | |||
No | 88.4 | 11.6 | 61.6 |
Psychological | 74.5 | 25.5 | 2.5 |
Physical | 82.5 | 17.5 | 15.5 |
Sexual | 66.4 | 33.7 | 2.4 |
Psychological/physical | 68.5 | 31.5 | 12.7 |
Psychological/sexual | 67.2 | 32.8 | 0.4 |
Physical/sexual | 65.2 | 34.8 | 1.3 |
Psychological/physical/sexual | 61.1 | 38.9 | 3.6 |
Intimate partner violence (IPV) | |||
No | 89.8 | 10.2 | 56.1 |
Psychological | 85.6 | 14.4 | 9.6 |
Economic | 85.7 | 14.3 | 2.6 |
Physical | 82.1 | 17.9 | 1.8 |
Sexual | 82.2 | 17.8 | 0.2 |
Psychological/economic | 75.9 | 24.2 | 5.5 |
Psychological/physical | 75.1 | 25.0 | 5.8 |
Psychological/sexual | 57.9 | 42.1 | 0.6 |
Economic/physical | 74.5 | 25.5 | 0.4 |
Economic/sexual | 79.2 | 20.8 | 0.1 |
Physical/sexual | 83.3 | 16.7 | 0.0 |
Psychological/economic/physical | 65.7 | 34.3 | 8.1 |
Psychological/economic/sexual | 67.5 | 32.5 | 1.1 |
Psychological/physical/sexual | 63.0 | 37.0 | 1.4 |
Economic/physical/sexual | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Psychological/economic/physical/sexual | 61.3 | 38.7 | 6.9 |
Multiple victimization CA | |||
1 type | 79.6 | 20.4 | 20.4 |
2 types | 68.2 | 31.8 | 14.4 |
3 types | 61.1 | 38.9 | 3.6 |
Multiple victimization IPV | |||
1 type | 85.1 | 14.9 | 14.1 |
2 types | 74.7 | 25.3 | 12.3 |
3 types | 65.6 | 34.4 | 10.7 |
4 types | 61.3 | 38.7 | 6.9 |