Journal
JOURNAL OF AGING AND HEALTH
Volume 30, Issue 6, Pages 965-986Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0898264317703560
Keywords
Mexico; cognitive function; education; rural; MHAS
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- NIA NIH HHS [T32 AG000270, P30 AG024832, T32 AG000037, P30 AG017265, P30 AG043073, R01 AG018016] Funding Source: Medline
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Objective: To describe differences in cognitive functioning across rural and urban areas among older Mexican adults. Method: We include respondents aged 50+ in the 2012 Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS). Cognitive functioning by domain is regressed as a function of community size. The role of educational attainment in explaining rural/urban differences in cognitive functioning is examined. Results: Respondents residing in more rural areas performed worse across five cognitive domains. The majority, but not all, of the association between community size and cognitive functioning was explained by lower education in rural areas. Discussion: Respondents residing in more rural areas were disadvantaged in terms of cognitive functioning compared with those residing in more urban areas. Poorer cognitive functioning in late life may be the result of historical educational disadvantage in rural areas or selection through migration from rural to urban regions for employment.
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