Table 3.
Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) Regression of Standardized Verbal Memory Scores Among Older Mexicans in the Mexican Health and Aging Study (n = 12,972).
| Model 1
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Model 2
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Model 3
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Model 4
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| β | SE | β | SE | β | SE | β | SE | |
| Demographics | ||||||||
| Age | −0.04*** | (0.00) | −0.03*** | (0.00) | −0.03*** | (0.00) | −0.03*** | (0.00) |
| Female | 0.20*** | (0.02) | 0.26*** | (0.02) | 0.26*** | (0.02) | 0.26*** | (0.02) |
| Community sizea | ||||||||
| 15,000–99,999 | −0.08** | (0.03) | −0.01 | (0.03) | −0.01 | (0.03) | −0.01 | (0.03) |
| 2,500–14,999 | −0.16*** | (0.03) | −0.05 | (0.03) | −0.05 | (0.03) | −0.05 | (0.03) |
| <2,500 | −0.27*** | (0.02) | −0.11*** | (0.02) | −0.11*** | (0.02) | −0.11*** | (0.02) |
| Education | ||||||||
| Years of education | 0.04*** | (0.00) | 0.04*** | (0.00) | 0.04*** | (0.00) | ||
| Health variables | ||||||||
| Chronic condition count | −0.01 | (0.01) | −0.01 | (0.01) | ||||
| Uninsured | −0.04 | (0.02) | ||||||
| Household wealthb | ||||||||
| 2nd quartile | 0.03 | (0.02) | ||||||
| 3rd quartile | 0.05* | (0.02) | ||||||
| 4th quartile | 0.02 | (0.02) | ||||||
Source. Authors’ own calculation using data from the Mexican Health and Aging Study (2012).
Note. β indicates parameter estimate.
a
Reference category is community size 100,000+.
b
Reference category is first quartile (lowest quartile of household wealth).
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.
***
p < .001.