Table 3.
Marginal effects from generalized linear Regression Models Predicting Cognition (Mini-Mental Cabán) in Puerto Rican older adults, PREHCO (2002).
| Pooled |
Males |
Females |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |
| Color/Race (reference: white) | ||||||||||||
| Negro/a | −0.25 | −0.26 | −0.21 | −0.19 | −0.19 | −0.23 | −0.083 | −0.034 | −0.25 | −0.24 | −0.27 | −0.28 |
| (0.27) | (0.27) | (0.25) | (0.25) | (0.50) | (0.50) | (0.45) | (0.46) | (0.27) | (0.27) | (0.25) | (0.25) | |
| Trigueño/a or Mulato/a | −0.14 | −0.13 | 0.0091 | 0.018 | 0.13 | 0.17 | 0.28+ | 0.30+ | −0.32* | −0.32* | −0.16 | −0.16 |
| (0.12) | (0.12) | (0.12) | (0.12) | (0.17) | (0.16) | (0.16) | (0.16) | (0.16) | (0.16) | (0.16) | (0.16) | |
| Mestizo/a | 0.058 | 0.062 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.19 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.29 | −0.042 | −0.050 | 0.061 | 0.060 |
| (0.24) | (0.23) | (0.21) | (0.21) | (0.37) | (0.35) | (0.31) | (0.30) | (0.27) | (0.27) | (0.24) | (0.24) | |
| Own education (reference: 6th grade or less) | ||||||||||||
| 7-12th grade | 0.81*** | 0.81*** | 0.86*** | 0.87*** | 0.81*** | 0.81*** | ||||||
| (0.12) | (0.12) | (0.20) | (0.20) | (0.16) | (0.16) | |||||||
| More than 12th grade | 1.36*** | 1.37*** | 1.28*** | 1.29*** | 1.47*** | 1.47*** | ||||||
| (0.15) | (0.15) | (0.23) | (0.23) | (0.17) | (0.17) | |||||||
| Father literacy (reference: father not literate) | ||||||||||||
| Father literate | 0.36** | 0.36** | 0.25 | 0.26 | 0.44* | 0.44* | ||||||
| (0.13) | (0.13) | (0.19) | (0.19) | (0.18) | (0.17) | |||||||
| Father literacy unknown | 0.25 | 0.43+ | 0.60+ | 0.61+ | 0.32 | 0.32 | ||||||
| (0.23) | (0.23) | (0.36) | (0.35) | (0.28) | (0.28) | |||||||
| Perceived Color Discrimination | −0.19 | −0.37 | 0.080 | |||||||||
| (0.26) | (0.39) | (0.28) | ||||||||||
| Socio-demographics | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Health conditions & behaviors | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| N | 3575 | 3575 | 3575 | 3575 | 1429 | 1429 | 1429 | 1429 | 2146 | 2146 | 2146 | 2146 |
Notes: Weighted analysis. Standard errors in parentheses. Socio-demographic variables are age, age-squared, foreign-born, married and rural childhood. Health conditions and behaviors are diabetes, high blood pressure, ever smoke, exercise. Pooled models include female. + p < 0.10; *p < 0.05 ; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.