Early life socioeconomic status predicts cognition regardless of education level

L Bertola, IM Benseñor, SM Barreto… - European journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose Early life socioeconomic status (SES) may impact cognitive
performance later in life. We investigated the effect on cognitive performance of early life …

Socioeconomic status across the life course and cognitive function among older adults: An examination of the latency, pathways, and accumulation hypotheses

J Lyu, JA Burr - Journal of Aging and Health, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: This study investigated the relationship between life course socioeconomic status
(SES) and cognitive function among older adults in the United States over a 12-year …

The role of education and income for cognitive functioning in old age: A cross‐country comparison

FS Rodriguez, LM Hofbauer… - International journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Previous studies have shown that higher education promotes cognitive health.
This effect, however, is embedded in the living conditions of a particular country. Since it is …

Childhood socioeconomic status does not predict late-life cognitive decline in the 1936 Lothian Birth Cohort

S Racine Maurice, A Hébert, V Turcotte… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
This study examined childhood socioeconomic status (SES) as a predictor of later life
cognitive decline. Data came from 519 participants in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 …

Educational Attainment and Later-Life Cognitive Function in High-and Middle-Income Countries: Evidence From the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol

YS Zhang, B O'Shea, X Yu, TC Cho… - The Journals of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Identifying social policies that can promote cognitive health is crucial for reducing
the global burden of dementia. We evaluated the importance of educational attainment for …

Life-course socio-economic disadvantage and late-life cognitive functioning in Taiwan: results from a national cohort study

C Chiao, A Botticello, JL Fuh - International health, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background Declines in late-life cognitive functioning differ greatly between socio-economic
status (SES) groups, but little is known about whether these effects are related to child and …

Early-life socioeconomic status, adolescent cognitive ability, and cognition in late midlife: Evidence from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study

Z Zhang, H Liu, S Choi - Social Science & Medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Although the association between childhood socioeconomic status (SES) and late-life
cognition is well-established, the mechanisms underlying this association are less clear …

The intersectionality of life course socioeconomic status, race, and cognitive decline: An 18‐year follow‐up

Y Zeng, TYS Lum, YC Chen - International journal of geriatric …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Studies have documented the impact of childhood socioeconomic status (SES)
on cognition. However, research that simultaneously considers SES in varied life stages, the …

Gender differences in the association between childhood socioeconomic status and cognitive function in later life

J Lyu - Journal of Geriatrics, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives. This study was aimed to explore the gender differences in the association
between childhood socioeconomic status (SES) and cognitive function in later life. Methods …

Advantaged socioeconomic conditions in childhood are associated with higher cognitive functioning but stronger cognitive decline in older age

MJ Aartsen, B Cheval, S Sieber… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Cognitive aging is characterized by large heterogeneity, which may be due to variations in
childhood socioeconomic conditions (CSC). Although there is substantial evidence for an …