How much of the female disadvantage in late-life cognition in India can be explained by education and gender inequality
Abstract In social environments characterized by high levels of gender inequality, women fare worse than men in human capital accumulation and health. We examine the association of gender inequality with female disadvantage in late-life cognitive function, using newly available data from Wave 1 (201...
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| author | Urvashi Jain Marco Angrisani Kenneth M. Langa T. V. Sekher Jinkook Lee |
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| description | Abstract In social environments characterized by high levels of gender inequality, women fare worse than men in human capital accumulation and health. We examine the association of gender inequality with female disadvantage in late-life cognitive function, using newly available data from Wave 1 (2017–2019) of the Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI), representative of the Indian population over the age of 45. We find a substantial female gap in cognition among mid-aged and older adults in India; early life socioeconomic conditions and education explain up to 74 percent of the female disadvantage in cognition, and model predictions suggest that it takes nine years of education on average to overcome this deficit. However, further contextualizing the environment, we find that the level of education at which differences in late-life cognition between women and men become negligible increases with the degree of gender inequality. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dbebbcad18e14dca8ccad225d36b074c2022-12-21T17:57:33ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222022-04-0112111210.1038/s41598-022-09641-8How much of the female disadvantage in late-life cognition in India can be explained by education and gender inequalityUrvashi Jain0Marco Angrisani1Kenneth M. Langa2T. V. Sekher3Jinkook Lee4Department of Economics, Finance and Real Estate, University of South AlabamaCenter for Economic and Social Research, University of Southern CaliforniaDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical SchoolInternational Institute for Population SciencesCenter for Economic and Social Research, University of Southern CaliforniaAbstract In social environments characterized by high levels of gender inequality, women fare worse than men in human capital accumulation and health. We examine the association of gender inequality with female disadvantage in late-life cognitive function, using newly available data from Wave 1 (2017–2019) of the Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI), representative of the Indian population over the age of 45. We find a substantial female gap in cognition among mid-aged and older adults in India; early life socioeconomic conditions and education explain up to 74 percent of the female disadvantage in cognition, and model predictions suggest that it takes nine years of education on average to overcome this deficit. However, further contextualizing the environment, we find that the level of education at which differences in late-life cognition between women and men become negligible increases with the degree of gender inequality.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-09641-8 |
| spellingShingle | Urvashi Jain Marco Angrisani Kenneth M. Langa T. V. Sekher Jinkook Lee How much of the female disadvantage in late-life cognition in India can be explained by education and gender inequality Scientific Reports |
| title | How much of the female disadvantage in late-life cognition in India can be explained by education and gender inequality |
| title_full | How much of the female disadvantage in late-life cognition in India can be explained by education and gender inequality |
| title_fullStr | How much of the female disadvantage in late-life cognition in India can be explained by education and gender inequality |
| title_full_unstemmed | How much of the female disadvantage in late-life cognition in India can be explained by education and gender inequality |
| title_short | How much of the female disadvantage in late-life cognition in India can be explained by education and gender inequality |
| title_sort | how much of the female disadvantage in late life cognition in india can be explained by education and gender inequality |
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