Gender difference in cognitive health among older Indian adults: A cross-sectional multilevel analysis.

ABSTRACT: This study assesses the gender gap in cognitive health among older adults in India and examines the extent to which individual, household and state level characteristics contribute to the male-female difference in cognitive health. The study is based on 6548 women and men who participated in the WHO Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health conducted in six states in India during 2007-08. Multilevel ordinary least square regression was used to examine the gender difference in cognitive health, adjusting for individual, household, health behavior and state-level variables. A composite cognitive score (CCS) was calculated by combining z-scores of five individual cognitive tests. Results suggest that CCS is worse among women than among men after adjusting for individual and state level f

SUBMITTER: Singh PK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6068074 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature