مدى انتشار العنف ضد كبار السن في المجتمع الفلسطيني : دراسة مقارنة في ضوء مجموعة من المتغيرات

Abstract EN

The study aimed at identifying the prevalence of violence practiced against the elderly in the Palestinian community in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

It also aimed at comparing the prevalence of violence experienced by the elderly in the West Bank and Gaza Strip between the years 2011 and 2019 based on the statistics published by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.

The results revealed differences of violence practiced against the elderly in relation to gender and geographical region.

The results of the study showed that health violence was found to be more prevalent than the other types of violence, while social violence was the least type of violence practiced among the other types.

Violence against the elderly decreased in 2019 compared to 2011 in the West Bank, whereas it showed an increase in the Gaza Strip.

The elderly women were found to be more subject to violence than their elderly male counterparts.

The study concluded that prevalence of violence against the elderly in the Gaza Strip was higher than in the West Bank.