Association between supporting child and elder abuse in China
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2017.04.016
- VernacularTitle:我国老年人支持子女状况与老年虐待的关系研究
- Author:
Xu WEN
1
;
Yukun HU
;
Ping HE
;
Zhenjie WANG
;
Xiaoying ZHENG
Author Information
1. 100871,北京大学人口研究所
- Keywords:
Elder abuse;
Elders' supporting child;
Intergenerational support
- From:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
2017;38(4):491-495
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To examine the association between child-supporting from their folks and elder abuse in China so as to provide evidence for prevention and control of elder abuse.Methods Based on the third survey on the Status of Chinese women,organized by the All-China Women's Federation and the National Bureau of Statistics,7 159 residents aged 65 and older were included and general information on supporting child and elder abuse were gathered.Chi-square test and logistic regression were used to investigate the association between supporting child from elderly and elder abuse.Results The overall prevalence of elder abuse was 6.71％.Risks of elder people being abused by family numbers varied from different supporting child situations.After adjusting for potential confounding factors,ORs for the elderly appeared as follows:OR=1.99 (95％CI:1.56-2.54) for those who only providing support to male children;OR=2.07 (95％CI:1.51-3.79) for those only providing support to the female offspring and OR=2.32 (95％CI:1.72-3.13) for those who did not support their children regardless of their sex identity.Elderly who provided support to their children on both sexes were exposed to lower risk of being abused than those who only supporting their male offspring.There was no significant difference appearing on the risk of elder abuse between those elderly who only supporting the male (OR=1.00) or the female offspring (OR=1.04,95％ CI:0.63-1.71),among all the participants in our study.However,such associations were different in urban and rural areas.Conclusions High prevalence of abuse was seen in China.The pattem of supporting child was associated with risk of elder abuse.Elderly who showed poor support to their children were under higher risk of being abused by their family members.
