Table 6. Odds ratios of good cognitive functioning based on the summary score of cognitive functioning.

Variable	Category	Odds ratios	Robust SE
Gender (RG: Males)	Females	1.130*	0.079
Age (RG: 60–64)	65–69	0.535***	0.054
	70–74	0.396***	0.028
	75–79	0.243***	0.019
	80–84	0.163***	0.013
	85–89	0.094***	0.011
	90+	0.063***	0.015
Business cycle in the year of birth (t) (RG: Recessiont)	Averaget	1.122***	0.048
	Boomt	1.250***	0.079
Education (RG: Low)	High	3.204***	0.364
	Refusal/don't know/still in school/other	1.380	0.407
Family status (RG: Spouse/partner)	Single	0.826***	0.039
Number of children (RG: 0)	1	1.050	0.076
	2	1.191***	0.056
	3	1.143***	0.055
	4+	0.937	0.082
	No information	1.086	0.096
BMI (RG: <18.5−underweight)	18.5–24.9−normal	1.366	0.299
	25–29.9− overweight	1.332	0.311
	30 and above − obese	1.269	0.323
	Missing	0.688	0.162
ADL (RG: No ADL limitations)	1+ ADL limitations	0.555***	0.044
Depression symptoms (RG: No)	Yes	0.536***	0.031
Smoking (RG: Yes, currently)	Never	1.013	0.057
	Stopped	1.186***	0.063
	No information	0.923	0.293
Doctor told you had (RG: No)	Heart attack	0.912	0.059
Doctor told you had (RG: No)	Hypertension	0.986	0.044
Doctor told you had (RG: No)	High blood cholesterol	1.067**	0.032
Doctor told you had (RG: No)	Stroke	0.601***	0.058
Doctor told you had (RG: No)	Diabetes	0.798***	0.056
Doctor told you had (RG: No)	Chronic lung disease	0.918*	0.044
Doctor told you had (RG: No)	Asthma	0.886	0.110
Doctor told you had (RG: No)	Arthritis	1.102	0.094
Doctor told you had (RG: No)	Osteoporosis	0.998	0.101
Doctor told you had (RG: No)	Cancer	1.162***	0.062
Doctor told you had (RG: No)	Stomach/duodenal/peptic ulcer	1.119	0.120
Doctor told you had (RG: No)	Parkinson's disease	0.518***	0.129
Doctor told you had (RG: No)	Cataracts	1.142***	0.052
Doctor told you had (RG: No)	Hip/femoral fracture	1.016	0.051

Data source: SHARE waves 1, 2, and 4; controlled for sex, age and country. Robust SE: robust standard errors. ***p< = 0.01; **p< = 0.05; *p< = 0.1.