Does education moderate gender disparities in later-life memory function? A cross-national comparison of harmonized cognitive assessment protocols in the United States and India.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

We compared gender disparities in later-life memory, overall and by education, in India and the United States (US).

Methods

Data (N = 7443) were from harmonized cognitive assessment protocols (HCAPs) in the Longitudinal Aging Study of India-Diagnostic Assessment of Dementia (LASI-DAD; N = 4096; 2017-19) and US Health and Retirement Study HCAP (HRS-HCAP; N = 3347; 2016-17). We derived harmonized memory factors from each study using confirmatory factor analysis. We used multivariable-adjusted linear regression to compare gender disparities in memory function between countries, overall and by education.

Results

In the United States, older women had better memory than older men (0.28 SD-unit difference; 95% CI: 0.22, 0.35). In India, older women had worse mem

SUBMITTER: Westrick AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10808282 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature