Table 2.
Rates of Elder Abuse and Age Discrimination in the Past Year in the Two Waves of Samples.
| Wave 1 (n = 910) | Wave 2 (n = 588) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | n | (%) | n | % | χ2 | p |
| Elder abuse | ||||||
| Physical | 19 | (2.0) | 2 | (0.4) | N.A.a | 0.005 |
| Psychological | 184 | (20.2) | 92 | (15.6) | 4.97 | 0.026 |
| Financial | 10 | (1.1) | 6 | (1.1) | N.A.a | 1.000 |
| Age discrimination | ||||||
| Unfair treatment | 148 | (16.2) | 114 | (19.4) | 2.42 | 0.121 |
| Disrespect or disregard | 170 | (18.7) | 92 | (15.7) | 2.28 | 0.131 |
| Harassment or refusal of service | 93 | (10.2) | 39 | (6.6) | 5.72 | 0.017 |
Note. Data were rim-weighted according to the distributions of age and educational attainment of the Hong Kong population aged 55 or above reported in the 2016 By-census of Hong Kong.
a
Since the counts of physical abuse and financial abuse in Wave 2 were relatively low, Fisher's exact tests were used instead of chi-square tests in the two variables.