Life Course Pathways From Childhood Socioeconomic Status to Later-Life Cognition: Evidence From the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study

• Main Authors: GREENFIELD, Emily A., MOORMAN, Sara, RIEGER, Annika Marie
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: Cognitive aging; Life course; Social determinants; Social inequalities; Socioeconomic status; Gerontology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3860; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/5118/viewcontent/Greenfield_Moorman_Rieger.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

ObjectivesA growing body of research indicates that older adults are at greater risk for poorer cognition if they experienced low socioeconomic status (SES) as children. Guided by life course epidemiology, this study aimed to advance understanding of processes through which childhood SES influences...