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| Socioeconomic position across the lifecourse and cognitive function in late middle age | | Author(s) | Gavin Turrell, John W Lynch, George A Kaplan |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 57B, no 1, January 2002 |
| Pages | pp S43-S51 |
| Keywords | Socio-economic groups ; Life span ; Cognitive processes ; Middle aged ; Cross sectional surveys ; Finland. |
| Annotation | In a cross-sectional population-based study of 486 Finnish men aged 58-64, the influence of childhood and adult socioeconomic position, socioeconomic mobility, and cumulative disadvantage across the lifecourse on cognitive function in middle age was examined. A respondent's socioeconomic position in childhood was measured using parents' education and occupation, while his position in adulthood was indicated by attained education and personal income. Cognitive function was assessed using five neuropsychological tests: Trail Making, Selective Reminding, Verbal Fluency, Visual Reproduction, and the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). Each indicator of socioeconomic position made a statistically independent contribution to levels of cognitive function. Those from poor childhood backgrounds, who had attained limited education and earned a low income, performed worse on each test. Those disadvantaged in childhood and then experienced upward mobility over the lifecourse exhibited better cognitive performance than those from similar backgrounds but with limited or no upward mobility. Thus, socioeconomic conditions across all stages of the lifecourse appear to make a unique contribution to cognitive function in late middle age. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020305220 A |
| Classmark | T4: BG6: DA: SE: 3KB: 76L |
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