Table 1.

Educational Attainment and Cognitive Status by Race/Ethnicity, Nativity, and Gender

	Whites	Blacks	U.S. Hispanics	FB Hispanics
Women
Age	66.9 (10.6)	65.2 (10.1)*	64.9 (10.1)*	64.6 (9.7)*
Education
Less than HS	14.4	32.6*	46.9*	67.9*
High school	37.5	29.3*	28.1*	14.0*
Some college or more	48.1	38.1*	25.0*	18.1*
Cognitive status
Normal	85.8	63.5*	65.9*	61.2*
CIND	10.8	26.3*	24.3*	28.6*
Dementia	3.4	10.2*	9.8*	10.2*
N	69,130	16,445	4,045	5,843
Men
Age	65.5 (9.9)	63.9 (9.2)*	63.6 (8.6)*	63.5 (9.4)*
Education
Less than HS	14.5	34.7*	39.4*	63.3*
High school	29.7	28.9*	25.5*	14.4*
Some college or more	55.8	36.4*	35.1*	22.3*
Cognitive status
Normal	84.7	61.8*	69.6*	66.2*
CIND	12.2	28.3*	23.3*	26.9*
Dementia	3.0	9.9*	7.1*	6.9*
N	51,523	9,796	2,997	4,133

Notes: CIND = cognitive impairment/no dementia; FB = foreign-born; HS = high school. Unweighted Ns; weighted percentages and means. Source: Health and Retirement Study, 1998–2014 (N = 163,912). Reference = White.

*p < .05.