CHARACTERIZATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST ELDERLY WOMEN IN THE CITY OF VICTORY OF CONQUEST/BA

Abstract

(Objective) characterize violence against older women in Vitória da Conquista / BA. (Methodology) it is a survey of exploratory quantitative, held at the Police Specialized Care for Women/DEAM of Vitória da Conquista / BA from January 2012 to October 2014, being included as study sample all women elderly victims of violence in the time set for the data collection project. (Results) it was found in this study that the average age of elderly women was 69.45 (± 7.98) years and there was a higher frequency in elderly women with marital status of married (34.0%), with level of the illiterate (44.3%) and 01 with incomes of minimum wage (65.1%) regarding education. Regarding the type of violence it was found that there was a greater distribution of psychological (50.0%) and physical (25.5%). (Conclusion) being the most common attacks performed by children (35.8%) and daughters (34.9%). Based on the results it was found that the main types of violence suffered by the elderly was psychological and physical, the sons and daughters being the main offenders.