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dc.contributor.authorBigala, Paul
dc.contributor.authorAyiga, Natal
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-25T13:41:23Z
dc.date.available2016-10-25T13:41:23Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationBigala, P. & Ayiga, N. 2014. Prevalence and predictors of elder abuse in Mafikeng Local Municipality in South Africa. African Population Studies / Etude De La Population Africaine, 28(1):463-474. [ http://aps.journals.ac.za/]en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/19188
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11564/28-1-500
dc.description.abstractElder abuse is widespread in South Africa and is a serious public health problem. This paper estimated the prevalence and identified the forms and predictors of elder abuse. The paper used cross-sectional data on 506 elderly people from Mafikeng Local Municipality in South Africa, and used the chi-square statistic and the logistic regression model to analyse the data. Overall 64.3% of men and 60.3% of women experienced elder abuse. Physical abuse was more common among men while emotional, financial and sexual abuses were more common among women. Having no working children, being currently single, living in elderly couple family, living in rural areas, having a poor self-perception of health and having a disability were significantly associated with elder abuse. We conclude that the prevalence of elder abuse is high and common, which calls for strategies to prevent the vice.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPKPen_US
dc.subjectElderlyen_US
dc.subjectMistreatmenten_US
dc.subjectAbuseen_US
dc.subjectFamily structureen_US
dc.subjectDisabilityen_US
dc.titlePrevalence and predictors of elder abuse in Mafikeng Local Municipality in South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.researchID16670582 - Bigala, Paul
dc.contributor.researchID22293876 - Ayiga, Natal


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