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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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Marshall, Susan E. – Social Science Quarterly, 1990
Using data from 1982 National Opinion Research (NORC) General Social Survey, examines women's support for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) by analyzing attitudes about gender and racial equality, and socioeconomic status. Explains Black women's higher ERA approval as deriving from gender-role attitudes, but more important, from experience with,…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Civil Rights Legislation, Females, Feminism