Help seeking behaviour of abused older women (Cases of Austria, Belgium, Finland, Lithuania and Portugal)
Part of the Avow Study ; This article based on a recent European study examines the subjective consequences of abuse against older women and their help seeking behavior. In 2010, survey data concerning experiences of abuse in domestic settings were collected from 2,880 older women across five European countries (Austria, Belgium, Finland, Lithuania, and Portugal). The results of the study indicated that overall 30.1% of older women reported at least one experience of abuse in the past year. Less than half of the victims talked about it in the informal setting or reported it to any formal agenc... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2013 |
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Lietuvos mokslų akademija
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Schlagwörter: | Older women / Domestic abuse / Help seeking / Europe / Arts & Humanities / Social Sciences |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26604163 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/1822/27691 |