Age and Abuse: A Study of Elder Abuse and its Constituents

Abstract: Even as cases of neglect and abandonment of elders in families soar, there is little awareness about the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens (MWPSC) Act 2007 that gives powers of intervention and enforcement to revenue department officials in these cases. The purpose of this study is to examine the relation between the number of cases registered under the MWPSC Act 2007 and various census statistics using factor analysis. The study finds a significant relationship between elderly population of a district and number of cases registered. There also exists a significant positive relationship between per capita income and total number of cases registered which is a counter-intuitive result. It proves that there is a stronger significant relationship between households with 2 or more than 2 senior citizens and number of cases registered when compared to households with just 1 senior citizen. Keywords: Elder Abuse, MWPSC Act. Title: Age and Abuse: A Study of Elder Abuse and its Constituents Author: Prabhat Chalmeti, Varun Kumar Kadambala, Sachin Suresh, Reetika Srivastava International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research ISSN 2348-3164 (online), ISSN 2348-3156 (Print) Research Publish Journals

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