title: [A sociography of elderly victims of family violence in Portugal].
abstract: This article presents data on violence against persons aged 60 years or older and living in Portugal for at least 12 months. The cross-sectional descriptive study collected data with a face-to-face questionnaire applied to victims that had sought assistance at three government institutions and one non-governmental support service for victims. The non-probabilistic sample included 510 victims of violence in family settings. Physical and psychological violence were the most common (87.8% and 69.6%, respectively). Financial violence was reported by 47.5% of the victims, followed by sexual assault (7.5%) and neglect (6.5%). The majority of victims (74.1%) reported more than one type of violence. Victims were mostly women, and mean age was 70.7 years. Most of the perpetrators belonged to the nuclear family, namely spouses or partners, sons/sons-in-law, and daughters/daughters-in-law. However, differences were observed according to victim's gender. The results indicate that violence is not a uniform phenomenon, presenting different configurations.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Ana Paula
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Gil
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Ana João
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Irina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kislaya
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Coimbra, Portugal.
authors.forename: César
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: aff3, Portugal.
authors.forename: Luísa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mascoli
authors.affiliation: aff3, Portugal.
authors.forename: Alexandra Inácio
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Coimbra, Portugal.
authors.forename: Duarte Nuno
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Vieira
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004552:Elder Abuse / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011174:Portugal; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires