Linking the 1940 U.S. Census to the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project: Novel Opportunity to Understand the Effects of Early-Life Residential Environment on Cognitive Aging.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The 1940 Census is a valuable resource for understanding various aspects of historical populations in the United States. Recently, the National Social Life, Health and Aging Project integrated 1940 Census data into its extensive data set, providing researchers with an opportunity to explore new avenues of life course investigation. We leverage the newly introduced measures of childhood residential environment and evaluate their potential predictive utility in older adult cognitive functioning net of childhood and adulthood characteristics known to be key risk factors for poor cognition.

Methods

We analyzed 777 respondents who were children in 1940 (age <17) that have been linked to the 1940 U.S. Census. We used childhood geographic location, homeownership status,

SUBMITTER: Lee H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11742143 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature