Gendered association between life‐course social mobility and cognitive function among middle‐aged and older adults in India
Soohyeon Ko, Rockli Kim · 2025
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Soohyeon Ko and Rockli Kim study how moving up or down in social status across life relates to later cognition in India in a 2025 paper. In a fast-developing country, many people change status between childhood and old age. The team asked whether rising and falling carry equal and opposite effects, and whether the pattern differs for men and women.
Using a national aging study of more than sixty thousand adults aged forty-five and over, they sorted people into four paths: stayed high, rose, fell, or stayed low. Those who stayed low scored worst on a five-part cognitive index, followed by those who fell, then those who rose. For men, rising beat falling clearly. For women, the two paths did not differ. The authors highlight gendered paths from status change to brain health.
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| CREATOR | Soohyeon Ko, Rockli Kim |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |