Table 2.
Weighted Learning (Immediate) and Memory (Delayed) Score Averages from a Ten Word List Learning Task by Respondent Interview* The Health and Retirement Study (1998–2004; n=18,465).
| Immediate Word List Recall | Delayed Word List Recall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | N | |
| Respondent Interview | |||||
| 1st | 5.74 | 1.82 | 4.68 | 2.18 | 18,465 |
| 2nd | 5.30 | 1.84 | 4.17 | 2.11 | 17,015 |
| 3rd | 5.16 | 1.81 | 4.12 | 2.12 | 15,268 |
| 4th | 5.44 | 1.68 | 4.39 | 2.03 | 13,358 |
*
Scores are calculated based on the respondent’s interview regardless of the wave year. For example, interview 1 indicates the first interview the respondent had, which could be on or after wave year 1998