Association between rural-to-urban migration and the cognitive aging trajectories of older Chinese adults: results from a prospective cohort analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasingly, older Chinese adults from rural areas are moving to urban areas to live with their children who have already migrated to these areas. However, few studies have examined this pattern of migration and its effects on cognitive function. We aimed to investigate the association between domestic rural-to-urban migration and the trajectories of cognitive function in older Chinese adults, as well as the factors contributing to these association.

Methods

Data for this study were drawn from three waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. Migrants were defined as participants who had rural hukou status (under China's household registration system) but resided in an urban area. Cognitive functions were measured using an adapted Chinese version

SUBMITTER: Xie J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7507287 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature