Multiple socioeconomic risks and cognitive impairment among older men and women in India.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Socioeconomic status (SES) is negatively associated with innumerable health outcomes, including cognitive functioning. Yet much remains undiscovered about SES patterns in later-life cognition in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). The purpose of this study was to examine the association between separate and combined socioconomic risks and cognitive impairment among older adults in India. Further, given gender disparities in later life cognitive functioning and SES, the study examines the associations between socioeconomic risks and cognitive impairment separately, for older men and women.

Methods

Data come from the 2017-18, first wave of the Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI), with 31,464 older adults aged 60 years and above. Cognitive impairment was

SUBMITTER: Muhammad T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10953885 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature