Table 4.
Marginal effects from generalized linear Regression Models Predicting Cognitive Decline in Puerto Rican older adults (Wave 1- Wave 2), PREHCO (2002, 2006).
| 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 | 0.37 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.37 | 0.78+ | 0.72+ | 0.74+ | 0.87* | 0.0056 | −0.10 | −0.11 | −0.11 |
| (0.27) | (0.26) | (0.27) | (0.27) | (0.42) | (0.39) | (0.40) | (0.41) | (0.36) | (0.35) | (0.35) | (0.34) | |
| Trigueño/a or Mulato/a | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.049 | 0.068 | 0.20 | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0.24 | 0.063 | 0.040 | −0.032 | −0.032 |
| (0.16) | (0.15) | (0.15) | (0.16) | (0.26) | (0.25) | (0.25) | (0.25) | (0.19) | (0.19) | (0.19) | (0.19) | |
| Mestizo/a | −0.54+ | −0.52+ | −0.54+ | −0.50+ | −0.29 | −0.13 | −0.16 | −0.023 | −0.80* | −0.80* | −0.77* | −0.77* |
| (0.31) | (0.31) | (0.31) | (0.30) | (0.49) | (0.46) | (0.46) | (0.42) | (0.34) | (0.35) | (0.34) | (0.34) | |
| Own education (reference: 6th grade or less) | ||||||||||||
| 7-12th grade | −0.16 | −0.15 | −0.15 | −0.14 | −0.081 | −0.081 | ||||||
| (0.18) | (0.18) | (0.32) | (0.32) | (0.21) | (0.21) | |||||||
| More than 12th grade | −0.77*** | −0.76*** | −0.41 | −0.38 | −0.97*** | −0.97*** | ||||||
| (0.21) | (0.21) | (0.38) | (0.38) | (0.23) | (0.23) | |||||||
| Father literacy (reference: father not literate) | ||||||||||||
| Father literate | 0.19 | 0.21 | 0.29 | 0.34 | 0.13 | 0.13 | ||||||
| (0.19) | (0.19) | (0.30) | (0.30) | (0.22) | (0.22) | |||||||
| Father literacy unknown | 0.25 | 0.14 | 0.41 | 0.43 | −0.030 | −0.029 | ||||||
| (0.38) | (0.38) | (0.70) | (0.70) | (0.42) | (0.42) | |||||||
| Perceived Color Discrimination | −0.48 | −0.95+ | 0.0098 | |||||||||
| (0.37) | (0.57) | (0.36) | ||||||||||
| 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 | 2681 | 2681 | 2681 | 2681 | 1013 | 1013 | 1013 | 1013 | 1668 | 1668 | 1668 | 1668 |
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.