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. 2021 Sep 12;15:100921. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100921

Table 3.

Dementia, dementia-free, total life expectancy at age 65 by gender for childhood, young adult, and late-life socioeconomic status.


Male
Female
Dementia Dementia-free Total % of Years
Impaired
Dementia Dementia-free Total % of Years
Impaired
Life Course SES (Child, Young Adult, Late-life) Numbers of childhood SES disadvantages
 3 1.82 14.85 16.67 10.90 2.66 16.54 19.20 13.86
(0.16) (0.42) (0.40) (0.19) (0.36) (0.42)
 2 1.24 15.02 16.26 7.62 1.92 17.77 19.69 9.77
(0.09) (0.30) (0.31) (0.12) (0.39) (0.43)
 1 0.98 16.67 17.65 5.58 1.71 19.10 20.81 8.20
(0.07) (0.28) (0.28) (0.14) (0.35) (0.40)
 0 0.86 17.56 18.42 4.66 1.52 19.96 21.48 7.07
(0.08) (0.26) (0.28) (0.11) (0.25) (0.24)
Education
 Less than HS 2.07 13.41 15.48 13.35 2.72 15.92 18.63 14.59
(0.12) (0.25) (0.27) (0.15) (0.26) (0.33)
 HS Grad 0.82 16.40 17.22 4.76 1.62 18.88 20.50 7.89
(0.07) (0.25) (0.26) (0.10) (0.22) (0.23)
 Some College 0.70 16.62 17.31 4.02 1.43 20.36 21.79 6.58
(0.10) (0.35) (0.34) (0.17) (0.35) (0.37)
 College 0.63 19.75 20.37 3.09 1.04 21.30 22.34 4.65
(0.11) (0.41) (0.41) (0.17) (0.54) (0.58)
Wealth quartile at age 65
 >25% 1.54 13.51 15.05 10.22 2.10 17.48 19.58 10.71
(0.15) (0.45) (0.45) (0.16) (0.34) (0.34)
 25–50% 1.28 14.75 16.03 7.97 1.91 17.80 19.70 9.69
(0.08) (0.29) (0.29) (0.12) (0.28) (0.31)
 50–75% 1.06 16.32 17.38 6.10 1.91 19.25 21.16 9.02
(0.11) (0.28) (0.29) (0.15) (0.33) (0.35)
 <75% 0.95 18.09 19.04 4.99 1.29 20.05 21.34 6.05
(0.10) (0.31) (0.33) (0.14) (0.34) (0.35)

Note: 18,201 respondents (7807 Male and 10,394 Female adults) from HRS 2000–2016. Results from 100,000 Simulations are shown. Bootstrapped standard errors are in parentheses.