The urban neighborhood and cognitive functioning in late middle age.

TitleThe urban neighborhood and cognitive functioning in late middle age.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsAneshensel, CS, Ko, MJ, Chodosh, J, Wight, RG
JournalJ Health Soc Behav
Volume52
Issue2
Pagination163-79
Date Published2011 Jun
ISSN Number2150-6000
KeywordsActivities of Daily Living, Age Factors, Aged, Aging, Chi-Square Distribution, Cognition, Cognition Disorders, ethnicity, Female, Health Status Disparities, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Psychometrics, Residence Characteristics, Risk Factors, Socioeconomic factors, United States, Urban Population
Abstract

This study examines the association of cognitive functioning with urban neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage and racial/ethnic segregation for a U.S. national sample of persons in late middle age, a time in the life course when cognitive deficits begin to emerge. The key hypothesis is that effects of neighborhood on cognitive functioning are not uniform but are most pronounced among subgroups of the population defined by socioeconomic status and race/ethnicity. Data are from the third wave of the Health and Retirement Survey for the birth cohort of 1931 to 1941, which was 55 to 65 years of age in 1996 (analytic N = 4,525), and the 1990 U.S. Census. Neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage has an especially large negative impact on cognitive functioning among persons who are themselves poor, an instance of compound disadvantage. These findings have policy implications supporting "upstream" interventions to enhance cognitive functioning, especially among those most adversely affected by neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage.

DOI10.1177/0022146510393974
User Guide Notes

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21673145?dopt=Abstract

Endnote Keywords

Segregation/Cognitive ability/Cognition/reasoning

Endnote ID

62634

Alternate JournalJ Health Soc Behav
Citation Key7611
PubMed ID21673145
PubMed Central IDPMC3152319
Grant ListR01 AG022537 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States
R01 AG022537-05 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States