Socioeconomic status across the life course and dementia-status life expectancy among older Americans.

ABSTRACT: This study examines how socioeconomic status (SES) across the life course is associated with individuals' lifetime dementia experience - the years of life persons can expect to live and without with dementia. Conceptually, dementia-free life expectancy reflects the ability to postpone dementia onset while dementia life expectancy reflects the average lifetime period with the condition. How SES across the life course contributes to dementia-status life expectancy is the focus of this study. We assess whether persons who are advantaged in their lifetime SES live the most years without dementia and the fewest years with dementia compared to less advantaged persons. Using the Health and Retirement Study (2000-2016), we examine these questions for U.S. adults aged 65 and older using multistate

SUBMITTER: Cha H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8452881 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature