Table 7.
Decomposition of the Association Between Urban Dwelling and Cognitive Function in 2012 Into Direct and Indirect Components.
| Verbal learning
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Verbal memory
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Verbal fluency
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Orientation
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Attention
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| β | p | % | β | p | % | β | p | % | β | p | % | β | p | % | |
| Decomposition of urban dwelling association with cognition with and without educational attainment | |||||||||||||||
| Total effect | 0.301 | *** | 0.177 | *** | 0.318 | *** | 0.212 | *** | 0.440 | *** | |||||
| Direct effect | 0.134 | *** | 44.5 | 0.063 | *** | 35.6 | 0.137 | *** | 43.1 | 0.084 | *** | 39.4 | 0.197 | *** | 44.8 |
| Indirect effect | 0.167 | *** | 55.5 | 0.114 | *** | 64.4 | 0.181 | *** | 56.9 | 0.129 | *** | 60.6 | 0.244 | *** | 55.5 |
Source. Authors’ own calculation using data from the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS).
Note. Effects based on ordinary least squares (OLS) regression. Model accounts for all covariates. Sample sizes for verbal learning, verbal memory, verbal fluency, orientation, and attention are 13,039, 12,972, 13,013, 13,086, and 12,099 respectively. Urban = community size 100,000+.
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.
***
p < .001.