Table 5 Percentage of elderly experiencing abuse by person abusing and marital status of the elderly, India, 2011
From: Abuse against elderly in India – The role of education
Person abusing | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Currently married | Others | Total | Currently married | Others | Total | |
Spouse | 3.5 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
Son | 42.0 | 34.4 | 40.9 | 47.2 | 41.1 | 43.0 |
Daughter | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 5.0 | 4.1 |
Son-in-law | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 2.6 |
Daughter-in-law | 13.7 | 23.9 | 15.2 | 23.8 | 16.9 | 19.0 |
Grand children | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 |
Other | 38.6 | 41.0 | 38.9 | 19.6 | 28.9 | 26.0 |
No. of elderly | 175 | 34 | 209 | 86 | 198 | 284 |