Domestic violence is the use of intentional emotional, psychological, sexual, or physical force by one family member or intimate partner to control another. Violent acts include verbal, emotional, and physical intimidation; destruction of the victim's possessions; maiming or killing pets; threats; forced sex; and slapping, punching, kicking, choking, burning, stabbing, shooting, and killing vic...

Background: Similarly to many developed countries, the demographic tendency in Poland is that of a systematic increase in the number of elderly persons in the general population structure. In 2013 in Poland the percentage of people over 65 equalled 14.7%, where the average life expectancy for women was 81.1 and 73.1 for men. It is estimated that by 2020 the percentage of elderly citizens in the...

By using infonnation on state of birth in the 1990 Census of the United States, the authors create a variable serving as a proxy for the distribution of adult children in 1985. This variable is then used in a two-level nested logit model to explain the 1985 90 interstate primary migration of elderly black people and elderly white people within the context of environmental amenities and other fa...

Research shows that older parents engage in return migration in older to live closer to children from whom they receive care. However, less is known about how characteristics of adult children influence this process. Data for this analysis are from 5,382 older parents participating in the 1993/4 AHEAD national survey of adults aged 70 years old and older. Findings demonstrate that elderly paren...

This paper examines patterns of intergenerational support, with a key focus on the gender of the providers, in four countries in East and Southeast Asia: Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand. These countries make an interesting set for comparison because they are characterized by varying levels of social and economic development and different family systems, with the Philippines and Thai...

Quality food products, halal, free from microbial and chemical contamination, containing harmless ingredients are the criteria for products that suitable consumption. Especially use of pregnant lactating mothers, toddlers, elderly must be should not careless. This safety information can obtained through education provided in community service activities. Community activities carried out by reli...

OBJECTIVE To explore the nature of paternal involvement in early child-rearing adopting a social developmental perspective, and estimate its effect on behavioural outcomes of children aged 9 and 11 years. SETTING The data come from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) cohort recruited in the former county of Avon in the southwest of England. PARTICIPANTS Out of the 1...