Elder Abuse by Household Members and Education of Elders’ Own Children Living in the Same Household: Empirical Evidence from Vietnam

The authors focus on a traditional culture in which the elderly tend to live with their children, aiming shed light whether education of own children within same household helps reduce chances parents’ being mentally and physically abused by family members. Using multivariate analysis investigate association between children’s domestic elder abuse from Vietnam Aging Survey 2011, comprising 2,700 individuals aged 60 years older, find that higher level an person’s living household, lower risk for abused. Those facing highest violence are women 80 those who have some difficulty daily activities, urban areas. call policy attention issue is rarely investigated, especially households where parents children.