Table 1 Profile of the full sample and the no-mistreatment and mistreatment groups Variables Full sample No mistreatment Mistreatment Sig. N = 400 N = 367 N = 33 N (%) N (%) Age 60-74 years75 years & above 302(75.5) 276(75.2) 26(78.8) .83 98(24.5) 91(25.8) 7(21.2) Gender female 253(63.3) 137(62.6) 23(69.7) .45 – Ethnicity Chinese 360(90.0) 333(90.7) 27(81.8) ---- Malay 10(2.5) 8(2.1) 2(6.06) Indian 27(6.8) 24(6.5) 3(9.09) Others 3(0.8) 2(0.5) 19(3.03) Education - no 75(18.8) 70(19.1) 5(15.2) .81 Living arrangement Alone 46(11.5) 41(11.2) 5(15.2) With spouse/others 236(59.0) 218(59.4) 18(54.5) .76 With others/no spouse 118(29.5) 108(29.4) 10(30.3) Residential type 1-3 rooms HDB* apartment 244(61.0) 221(60.2) 23(69.7) 0.18 4 or more HDB 156(39.0) 146(39.8) 10(30.3) apartment Employment 322(80.5) 293(79.8) 30(91) --- Family violence - yes 36(9.0) 30(8.2) 6(18.2) 0.06 ADL 7.22 7.22 7.21 .96 Loneliness 3.40 3.35 3.93 .0001 GDS score 1.36 0.79 .0002 Recipient of welfare schemes 71(19.3) 5(15.2) .65 yes – *HDB Housing & Development Board –
Table 1 Profile of the full sample and the no-mistreatment and mistreatment groups Variables Full sample N = 400 No mistreatment N = 367 N (%) Mistreatment N = 33 N (%) Sig. Age 60-74 years75 years & above 302(75.5) 98(24.5) 276(75.2) 91(25.8) 26(78.8) 7(21.2) .83 Gender – female 253(63.3) 137(62.6) 23(69.7) .45 Ethnicity Chinese Malay Indian Others 360(90.0) 10(2.5) 27(6.8) 3(0.8) 333(90.7) 8(2.1) 24(6.5) 2(0.5) 27(81.8) 2(6.06) 3(9.09) 19(3.03) ---- Education - no 75(18.8) 70(19.1) 5(15.2) .81 Living arrangement Alone With spouse/others With others/no spouse 46(11.5) 236(59.0) 118(29.5) 41(11.2) 218(59.4) 108(29.4) 5(15.2) 18(54.5) 10(30.3) .76 Residential type 1-3 rooms HDB* apartment 4 or more HDB apartment 244(61.0) 156(39.0) 221(60.2) 146(39.8) 23(69.7) 10(30.3) 0.18 Employment 322(80.5) 293(79.8) 30(91) --- Family violence - yes 36(9.0) 30(8.2) 6(18.2) 0.06 ADL 7.22 7.22 7.21 .96 Loneliness 3.40 3.35 3.93 .0001 GDS score 1.36 0.79 .0002 Recipient of welfare schemes – yes 71(19.3) 5(15.2) .65 *HDB – Housing & Development Board
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