The Influence of Education and Occupation Type on Birth Cohort Differences in Cognitive Function of Mexican Older Adults

Mariela Gutierrez, Morten Wahrendorf, Sadaf Milani, Silvia Mejia-Arango, Rebeca Wong, Brian Downer and Jessica Kelley

The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2024, vol. 79, issue 1, 1-262

Abstract: ObjectivesMexico’s population aging is occurring in the context of social changes such as increased educational attainment and occupational shifts from agriculture to service and industry. The current study compares cognitive function between two birth cohorts of Mexican adults aged 60–76 to determine if population-level changes in education and occupation type contribute to cohort differences in cognitive function.MethodsWe used the Mexican Health and Aging Study to examine adults aged 60–76 in 2001 (men: 2,309; women: 2,761) and 2018 (men: 2,842; women: 3,825). Global cognition was calculated from five measures. Five main lifetime occupation types were created: no main job; agriculture; service; professional; and industrial. Ordinary least squares regression and structural equation models (SEM) were used to examine cohort differences in cognitive functioning.ResultsOrdinary least squares models that adjusted for age, community size, and marital status indicated that men and women had higher global cognition in 2018 than 2001 (men: b = 0.44, p

Keywords: Cognition; Life course; Mexico; Social determinants; Structural equation modeling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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