Table 4. Distribution of min, max, median and mean (standard deviation) of elder abuse scores by some demographic characteristics of the studied elderly .

Variable	Labels	Mean	SD	Min	Max	Median	P a
Age (year)	60-69	8.02	9.94	0	59.18	5.76	0.004
	70-79	11.80	11.61	0	49.06	10.34
	≥80	15.96	15.18	0	75.51	12.24
Gender	Male	12.33	12.34	0	54.90	9.00	0.33
	Female	11.34	13.09	0	75.51	8.08
Education Level	Illiterate	14.26	13.46	0	75.51	11.76	0.012
	Elementary	10.40	11.59	0	54.90	7.54
	Secondary	8.27	13.19	0	59.18	3.38
	High school completion	5.95	5.71	0	20.41	4.61
Living status	With Spouse	9.50	10.30	0	59.18	6.15	0.001
	Without spouse	16.72	15.60	0	75.51	15.09
Current occupational	Employed	12.13	14.66	0	54.90	5.96	0.39
	Housewife	11.23	12.58	0	75.51	8.24
	Unemployed	12.72	11.92	0	53.85	9.44
Insurance	Yes	11.05	12.01	0	75.51	8.16	0.009
	No	19.77	16.06	0	51.02	19.60
Income source	Current occupation	12.94	14.19	0	54. 90	7.40	0.071
	Retirement	10.23	12.57	0	75.51	6.34
	Children	15.03	11.95	0	51.02	16.39
	Support institute	13.06	11.64	0	34.69	15.09
	Renting property	12.16	9.70	0	28.30	11.54
House ownership	Owner	11.90	12.70	0	75.51	8.16	0.87
	Rented	14.82	19.50	0	49.06	3.73
	Children’s home	10.03	9.47	0	32.65	9.54

^aMann-Whitney U test for 2-level variables; Krukal-Wallis H test for multi-level variables.