Prevalence study of abuse and violence against older women: results of a multi-cultural survey conducted in Austria, Belgium, Finland, Lithuania, and Portugal

Introduction • The study included women aged between 60 and 97 years who were living in private households. The survey asked about violence and abuse in the last 12 months. 2880 women were surveyed across five countries during 2010. • So-called “stranger violence” was ruled out and only perpetrators...

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Main Author: Luoma, Minna-Liisa (author)
Other Authors: Koivusilta, Mira (author), Lang, Gert (author), Enzenhofer, Edith (author), Donder, Liesbeth (author), Verté, Dominique (author), Reingarde, Jolanta (author), Tamutiene, Ilona (author), Alves, José Ferreira (author), Santos, Ana João (author), Penhale, Bridget (author)
Format: report
Language:eng
Published: 2011
Subjects:
Older women
Mistreatment
Europe
Abuse and neglect
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/16541
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/16541

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http://hdl.handle.net/1822/16541

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