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Brozowski, Kari; Hall, David R. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
In this article, we review the literature on physical and sexual elder abuse within the context of risk theory and feminist sociology. Employing data from the 1999 General Social Survey, we also examine several variables potentially associated with the risk for physical or sexual abuse of elders. Women, Aboriginal Canadians, and elders who are…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Elder Abuse, Low Income Groups, Urban Areas
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Rosenthal, Carolyn J.; Hayward, Lynda; Martin-Matthews, Anne; Denton, Margaret A. – Canadian Journal on Aging, 2004
While concern has been expressed for some time about the impact of rising female employment on informal help to older adults, few studies have directly compared employed and not-employed women and only rarely has research utilized national, population-based samples. This article examines whether paid employment reduces the provision and/or the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parents, Daughters, Predictor Variables