Child Support Grant expansion and cognitive function among women in rural South Africa: findings from a natural experiment in HAALSI cohort.

ABSTRACT: Cash transfers are a promising but understudied intervention that may protect cognitive function in adults by promoting their cognitive reserve. South Africa has a rapidly ageing population, however, less is known about the nature of association between cash transfers and cognitive function in this setting. We leveraged natural experiments from Child Support Grant (CSG) age-eligibility expansions to investigate the association between duration of CSG eligibility and cognitive function among biological mothers of child beneficiaries in South Africa. We analysed 2014/2015 baseline data from 944 women, aged 40 - 59 years with at least one CSG-eligible child, enrolled in the HAALSI cohort in Agincourt, South Africa. Duration of CSG eligibility for each mother was calculated based on the birth

SUBMITTER: Chakraborty R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9949209 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature