Effects of education on cognition at older ages: Evidence from China's Great Famine

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue , 2013, Pages 54-62

  Huang, Wei ^a   Zhou, Yi ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China's great famine; Cognitive reserve; Education

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ELDERLY POPULATION; FAMINE; HEALTH STATUS; NUTRITION; PRIMARY EDUCATION;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHINA; COGNITION; COGNITIVE RESERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUNGER; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

CHINA'S GREAT FAMINE; COGNITIVE RESERVE; EDUCATION;

AGED; AGING; CHINA; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; STARVATION;

EID: 84890151568     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.08.021     Document Type: Article

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