Linking the 1940 U.S. Census to the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project: Novel Opportunity to Understand the Effects of Early-Life Residential Environment on Cognitive Aging

Haena Lee, John Robert Warren, James Iveniuk, Alicia Riley, Louise Hawkley, Jen Hanis-Martin and Kyung Won Choi

The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2025, vol. 80, issue Supplement_1, S75-S90

Abstract: ObjectivesThe 1940 Census is a valuable resource for understanding various aspects of historical populations in the United States. Recently, the National Social Life, Health and Aging Project integrated 1940 Census data into its extensive data set, providing researchers with an opportunity to explore new avenues of life course investigation. We leverage the newly introduced measures of childhood residential environment and evaluate their potential predictive utility in older adult cognitive functioning net of childhood and adulthood characteristics known to be key risk factors for poor cognition.MethodsWe analyzed 777 respondents who were children in 1940 (age

Keywords: 1940 Census; Cognitive functioning; Childhood conditions; NSHAP; Urban–rural (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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