Table 2.

ELSA: Repeated Multivariate Analysis^a of Baseline Performance and Change in Cognitive Function—Socioeconomic Position (SEP) Measures of Childhood and Adulthood

	Model 1: base model			Model 2: childhood SEP index			Model 3: education			Model 4: wealth			Model 5: all mobility variables
	Coefficient		SE	Coefficient		SE	Coefficient		SE	Coefficient		SE	Coefficient		SE
Baseline cognition
Intercept	18.54	***	0.81	18.26	***	0.79	17.00	***	0.77	18.44	***	0.79	17.04	***	0.76
Control variables
Age (years)	−0.17	***	0.01	−0.17	***	0.01	−0.16	***	0.01	−0.17	***	0.01	−0.16	***	0.01
Sex (women)	0.70	***	0.06	0.66	***	0.06	0.09	***	0.06	0.73	***	0.06	0.88	***	0.06
Cohortb	−0.07		0.09	−0.11		0.09	−0.10		0.09	−0.21	*	0.09	−0.18	*	0.09
Married/partnered	0.37	***	0.08	0.33	***	0.08	0.28	***	0.07	0.09		0.08	0.12		0.07
Race/ethnicityc	1.62	***	0.23	1.77	***	0.23	1.82	***	0.22	1.59	***	0.23	1.86	***	0.22
Practice effect	0.56	***	0.04	0.56	***	0.04	0.56	***	0.04	0.55	***	0.04	0.55	***	0.04
Main effects
Childhood SEP index (3+)				0.87	***	0.07							0.56	***	0.07
Education (>13 years)							1.39	***	0.07				1.21	***	0.07
Wealth (>$31,475)d										0.73	***	0.08	0.32	***	0.08
Rate of cognitive change
Years since baseline	−0.09	***	0.00	−0.10	***	0.01	−0.11	***	0.01	−0.13	***	0.01	−0.13	***	0.01
Childhood SEP index (3+)				0.02	*	0.01							0.00		0.01
Education (>13 years)							0.03	***	0.08				0.01		0.01
Wealth (>$31,475)d										0.07	***	0.01	0.07	***	0.01

Notes: ^aModels fit with STATA 14.2 without sampling weights using n = 6,008 with D = 33,890.

^bBirth cohort is centered at 1930.

^cNon-Hispanic white.

^dStandardized to 2002 pounds.

*p < .05. ***p < .001.