Neighborhood segregation, socioeconomic status, and cognitive function among older Chinese immigrants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The fast-growing population of older Chinese immigrants and their segregated residences highlight the importance of understanding the role of neighborhood context in cognitive health. The segregation-cognition association is equivocal based on a limited number of studies among Hispanic and Asian Americans. To close the knowledge gap, this study examined the associations of neighborhood segregation and socioeconomic status (NSES) with cognitive functioning among older Chinese immigrants.

Methods

Four waves of cognitive performance tests were conducted in the Population Study of Chinese Elderly in Chicago (2011-2019) and linked to the 2010 to 2014 American Community Survey estimates of neighborhood contexts. NSES was a summary z-score of six census variables of educ

SUBMITTER: Tang F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10023380 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature