Association of work-family experience with mid- and late-life memory decline in US women.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To test the hypothesis that life course patterns of employment, marriage, and childrearing influence later-life rate of memory decline among women, we examined the relationship of work-family experiences between ages 16 and 50 years and memory decline after age 55 years among US women.

Methods

Participants were women ages ≥55 years in the Health and Retirement Study. Participants reported employment, marital, and parenthood statuses between ages 16 and 50 years. Sequence analysis was used to group women with similar work-family life histories; we identified 5 profiles characterized by similar timing and transitions of combined work, marital, and parenthood statuses. Memory performance was assessed biennially from 1995 to 2016. We estimated associations between work

SUBMITTER: Mayeda ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7734924 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature