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34 Alaska Just. F. 1 (2017-2018)

handle is hein.journals/aljufor34 and id is 1 raw text is: Older Women Face Psychological and Physical Abuse Andr6 B. Rosay This article examines psychological and phys- ical abuse against women in Alaska who are aged 60 or older and compares these rates to national rates. In 1980, there were 9,581 women aged 60 or older in Alaska. From 1980 to 2016, the number of women aged 60 or older increased by 550 percent, up to 62,239. This is more than 7 times the percent- age increase in general population over that same time period (Figure 1). In 2016, women aged 60 or older represented 17 percent of the total female population in Alaska. In the next 30 years, the number of women in Alaska aged 60 or older will continue to grow. Projections indicate that 81,566 to 111,833 women will be aged 60 or older in 2045 (Figure 2). We know from the Alaska Victimization Survey (see sidebar, p. 4) that half of all adult women in Alaska have experienced intimate partner violence, sexual violence, or both in their lifetime. Unfortunately, little is known about the psychological and physical abuse experienced by older women.in Alaska. Data from the 2006-2012 Alaska Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) show that 0.8 percent of Alaskans aged 65 or older were threatened or hurt by an intimate partner in the past five years. Additional information is available from the FY 2015 Senior Survey administered to a convenience sample of 2,280 Alaskans (both women and men) aged 55 or older. Almost one in three (29.4%) had either personally experienced psychological rFUlilFe AidbKd riulleel nUlilUb UlFeLLUF VILKIe VVlII., lIlL, dilU rdlluin riulleel fUlll FeulUellL UUilb ruidilU share a hug at Wilson's retirement party. and physical abuse or knew someone who had. When asked about the form of abuse they had experienced or witnessed, 72 per- cent reported financial exploitation, 69 per- cent reported emotional abuse, 48 percent reported neglect, 31 percent reported physi- cal abuse, 22 percent reported abandon- ment, 8 percent reported self-abuse, and 5 percent reported sexual abuse. Respondents were also asked about their top concerns for older Alaskans. More than half (65%) indi- cated that programs to help prevent psycho- logical and physical abuse and exploitation were very important for their quality of life. This article provides additional estimates of psychological and physical abuse experi- enced by women in Alaska who are 60 years of age or older. Psychological abuse includes expressive aggression by intimate partners and coercive control by intimate partners. Physical abuse includes physical violence by intimate partners. It also includes sexual violence, by both intimate partners and non- intimate partners. Estimates are provided for both psychological and physical abuse. This article compares the Alaska estimates to national estimates. Alaska estimates come from the 2010-2015 Alaska Victimiza- tion Survey (AVS). National estimates come from the 2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) (sidebar, p. 2). >One in Nine Experienced Psychological or Physical Abuse The analysis in this article focuses on the 3,049 women in the NISVS and the 3,483 women in the AVS who were 60 years of age or older. All estimates are weighted to control for selection, nonresponse, and cov- erage. Estimates are provided for past-year Please see Alaska women, page 2

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