Lifetime occupational skill and later-life cognitive function among older adults in the United States, Mexico, India, and South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

We conducted a cross-national comparison of the association between main lifetime occupational skills and later-life cognitive function across four economically and socially distinct countries.

Methods

Data were from population-based studies of aging and their Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocols (HCAPs) in the US, South Africa, India, and Mexico (N = 10,037; Age range: 50 to 105 years; 2016 to 2020). Main lifetime occupational skill was classified according to the International Standard Classification of Occupations. Weighted, adjusted regression models estimated pooled and country-specific associations between main lifetime occupational skill and later-life general cognitive function in men and women.

Results

We observed positive gradients between

SUBMITTER: Kobayashi LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10947921 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature