Impact of the South African Child Support Grant on memory decline and dementia probability in rural and low-income mothers, 2014-2021.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Aging populations across sub-Saharan Africa are rapidly expanding, leading to an increase in the burden of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). Cash transfer interventions are one plausible mechanism to combat ADRD at a population-level in low-income settings. We exploited exogenous variation in eligibility for South Africa's Child Support Grant (CSG) to estimate the longitudinal association between potential CSG benefit and cognitive trajectories in rural mothers with <10 children (n = 1090).

Methods

South Africa's CSG delivers monthly cash payments to primary caregivers, predominantly mothers, to offset the costs associated with child rearing. This study implemented a quasi-experimental design using data (2014-2022) from a rural, low-income cohort

SUBMITTER: Beidelman ET 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11771521 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature