Table 6.
Standardized relations of demographic predictors at T1 with level and change in cognitive abilities, and effect sizes (based on unstandardized coefficients)
| Level | d | Change | d | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Y 18–39 |
M 40–64 |
O 65–99 |
Y-M | M-O | Y-O |
Y 18–39 |
M 40–64 |
O 65–99 |
Y-M | M-O | Y-O | |
| Age | ||||||||||||
| Memory | −.31* | −.17* | −.47* | .15^ | −.31^ | −.10^ | −.38 | −.13 | −.18* | .04 | −.06 | −.01 |
| Speed | −.29* | −.33* | −.49* | −.03 | −.18^ | −.20^ | −.50* | −.15 | −.19* | .10^ | −.04 | .07 |
| Vocabulary | −.11* | .13* | −.11* | .30^ | −.30^ | .00 | −.54* | −.24* | −.10 | .07 | .09 | .07 |
| Sex (M=0, F=1) | ||||||||||||
| Memory | .10* | .22* | .26* | .12^ | .03 | .15^ | −.27 | .15 | .17* | .10^ | .04 | .13^ |
| Speed | .06 | .15* | .07 | .09^ | −.08 | .02 | .08 | .13 | .02 | .01 | −.03 | −.01 |
| Vocabulary | −.13* | .00 | .03 | .13^ | .03 | .17^ | −.06 | −.04 | .11 | .00 | .05 | .05 |
| Education | ||||||||||||
| Memory | .44* | .44* | .15* | −.06 | −.26^ | −.31^ | .55* | .02 | .08 | −.13^ | .04 | −.08 |
| Speed | .41* | .35* | .15* | −.07 | −.19^ | −.25^ | .05 | .03 | .00 | −.01 | −.01 | −.02 |
| Vocabulary | .58* | .57* | .45* | −.01 | −.24^ | −.23^ | −.06 | −.16 | −.19 | −.02 | −.05 | −.06 |
Note:
p<.01. Estimates of effect sizes (d) of the group difference are derived from the standard errors of the unstandardized coefficients.
indicates that the difference in raw regression coefficients was significant at p<.01.