Saenz Joseph L, Downer Brian, Garcia Marc A, Wong Rebeca
1 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
2 University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
J Aging Health. 2018 Jul;30(6):965-986. doi: 10.1177/0898264317703560. Epub 2017 Apr 21.
To describe differences in cognitive functioning across rural and urban areas among older Mexican adults.
We include respondents aged 50+ in the 2012 Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS). Cognitive functioning by domain is regressed as a function of community size. The role of educational attainment in explaining rural/urban differences in cognitive functioning is examined.
Respondents residing in more rural areas performed worse across five cognitive domains. The majority, but not all, of the association between community size and cognitive functioning was explained by lower education in rural areas.
Respondents residing in more rural areas were disadvantaged in terms of cognitive functioning compared with those residing in more urban areas. Poorer cognitive functioning in late life may be the result of historical educational disadvantage in rural areas or selection through migration from rural to urban regions for employment.
描述墨西哥老年成年人城乡之间认知功能的差异。
我们纳入了2012年墨西哥健康与老龄化研究(MHAS)中年龄在50岁及以上的受访者。按领域划分的认知功能作为社区规模的函数进行回归分析。研究了教育程度在解释认知功能城乡差异中的作用。
居住在农村地区的受访者在五个认知领域的表现较差。社区规模与认知功能之间的关联,大部分(但并非全部)可由农村地区较低的教育水平来解释。
与居住在城市地区的受访者相比,居住在农村地区的受访者在认知功能方面处于劣势。晚年较差的认知功能可能是农村地区历史上教育劣势的结果,或者是因从农村到城市地区就业而进行的选择性迁移导致的。