Links between early-life contextual factors and later-life cognition and the role of educational attainment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Educational attainment is a well-documented predictor of later-life cognition, but less is known about upstream contextual factors. This study aimed to identify which early-life contextual factors uniquely predict later-life global cognition and whether educational attainment mediates these relationships.

Method

Participants were drawn from the Michigan Cognitive Aging Project (N = 485; M_age = 63.51; SD_age = 3.13; 50% non-Hispanic Black). Early-life exposures included U.S. region of elementary school (Midwest, South, Northeast), average parental education, household composition (number of adults (1, 2, 3+), number of children), school racial demographics (predominantly White, predominantly Black, diverse), self-reported ed

SUBMITTER: Palms JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10279802 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature