Social-Economic Status and Cognitive Performance among Chinese Aged 50 Years and Older.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Numerous population-based studies have suggested that socio-economic status (SES) is associated with cognitive performance, but few nationally representative epidemiological studies on cognitive performance with a large sample of older adults are available in China. And many studies explore the factors associated with cognitive performance, mainly focusing on individual level and more rarely on multiple levels that include the individual and community.

Methods

This study uses SAGE-China Wave 1 data which consisted of 13,157 adults aged 50 years and older to explore socioeconomic inequalities in the cognitive performance from a multilevel perspective (individual and community levels). The overall cognition score was based on the seven separate components of the cog

SUBMITTER: Wu F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5115845 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature