Diminished Returns of Higher Parental Education on Cognition for Black Adults in Middle and Later Life.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Mounting evidence suggests that the protective effects of one's own higher socioeconomic status (SES) on health are diminished among minoritized racial/ethnic groups in the United States. This study extends this area of research to childhood SES and cognition in middle and later life, focusing on the protective effects of higher parental education among non-Hispanic Black and White adults.

Methods

Harmonizing data from individuals ages 50 and older across the Health and Retirement Study, the Study of Midlife in the United States, and the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project, we examine whether associations between parental education and two measures of cognition (episodic memory and global cognition) are moderated by racialized identity (non-Hispanic Wh

SUBMITTER: Reynolds A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10878240 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature