Table 2 Regression coefficients from...

Table 2

Regression coefficients from models predicting standardized cognitive composite score, Mexicans aged 50+

	Composite Cognition Score
	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
Child's Characteristics
Years of schooling of the highest-educated child	0.024^***	0.023^***	0.021^***
	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.002)
Child's age in 2012	0.014^**	0.013^**	0.012^**
	(0.005)	(0.005)	(0.005)
Child's age in 2012, squared	−0.000^*	−0.000^*	−0.000^*
	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)
Son	0.012	0.014	0.013
	(0.011)	(0.011)	(0.011)
Demographic Characteristics
Own years of schooling	0.053^***	0.052^***	0.046^***
	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.002)
Number of children	−0.011^***	−0.009^***	−0.008^***
	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.002)
Own age in 2012	0.044^***	0.043^***	0.043^***
	(0.010)	(0.010)	(0.010)
Own age in 2012, squared	−0.001^***	−0.001^***	−0.001^***
	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)
Male	−0.018	−0.017	−0.049^***
	(0.012)	(0.012)	(0.015)
Marital status (ref. = married)
Widowed	−0.022	−0.026	−0.022
	(0.018)	(0.018)	(0.018)
Divorced, separated, never married	−0.012	−0.017	−0.014
	(0.018)	(0.018)	(0.018)
Speaks an indigenous dialect	−0.156^***	−0.146^***	−0.112^***
	(0.023)	(0.024)	(0.024)
Locality (ref. = 100,000+)
15,000–99,999		−0.017	−0.008
		(0.018)	(0.018)
2,500–14,999		−0.049^*	−0.038^*
		(0.019)	(0.019)
<2,500		−0.068^***	−0.057^**
		(0.018)	(0.018)
Early-Life Characteristics
Height in cm			0.004^***
			(0.001)
Mother's education (ref. = no education)
Incomplete elementary education			0.055^***
			(0.014)
Elementary education			0.019
			(0.022)
Beyond elementary education			0.021
			(0.030)
Father's education (ref. = no education)
Incomplete elementary education			0.045^**
			(0.015)
Elementary education			0.066^**
			(0.021)
Beyond elementary education			0.081^**
			(0.026)
No toilet in household prior to age 10			−0.015
			(0.013)
Often went to bed hungry prior to age 10			−0.003
			(0.015)
Did not wear shoes regularly prior to age 10			−0.015
			(0.015)
Self/siblings had to drop out of school to support family prior to age 10			−0.004
			(0.013)
Self/family member slept in the same room used to prepare food prior to age 10			−0.018
			(0.015)
Family received financial assistance prior to age 10			−0.021
			(0.019)
Constant	−1.458^***	−1.366^***	−1.869^***
	(0.288)	(0.289)	(0.308)
Number of Observations	8,968	8,968	8,968

	Composite Cognition Score
	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
Child's Characteristics
Years of schooling of the highest-educated child	0.024^***	0.023^***	0.021^***
	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.002)
Child's age in 2012	0.014^**	0.013^**	0.012^**
	(0.005)	(0.005)	(0.005)
Child's age in 2012, squared	−0.000^*	−0.000^*	−0.000^*
	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)
Son	0.012	0.014	0.013
	(0.011)	(0.011)	(0.011)
Demographic Characteristics
Own years of schooling	0.053^***	0.052^***	0.046^***
	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.002)
Number of children	−0.011^***	−0.009^***	−0.008^***
	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.002)
Own age in 2012	0.044^***	0.043^***	0.043^***
	(0.010)	(0.010)	(0.010)
Own age in 2012, squared	−0.001^***	−0.001^***	−0.001^***
	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)
Male	−0.018	−0.017	−0.049^***
	(0.012)	(0.012)	(0.015)
Marital status (ref. = married)
Widowed	−0.022	−0.026	−0.022
	(0.018)	(0.018)	(0.018)
Divorced, separated, never married	−0.012	−0.017	−0.014
	(0.018)	(0.018)	(0.018)
Speaks an indigenous dialect	−0.156^***	−0.146^***	−0.112^***
	(0.023)	(0.024)	(0.024)
Locality (ref. = 100,000+)
15,000–99,999		−0.017	−0.008
		(0.018)	(0.018)
2,500–14,999		−0.049^*	−0.038^*
		(0.019)	(0.019)
<2,500		−0.068^***	−0.057^**
		(0.018)	(0.018)
Early-Life Characteristics
Height in cm			0.004^***
			(0.001)
Mother's education (ref. = no education)
Incomplete elementary education			0.055^***
			(0.014)
Elementary education			0.019
			(0.022)
Beyond elementary education			0.021
			(0.030)
Father's education (ref. = no education)
Incomplete elementary education			0.045^**
			(0.015)
Elementary education			0.066^**
			(0.021)
Beyond elementary education			0.081^**
			(0.026)
No toilet in household prior to age 10			−0.015
			(0.013)
Often went to bed hungry prior to age 10			−0.003
			(0.015)
Did not wear shoes regularly prior to age 10			−0.015
			(0.015)
Self/siblings had to drop out of school to support family prior to age 10			−0.004
			(0.013)
Self/family member slept in the same room used to prepare food prior to age 10			−0.018
			(0.015)
Family received financial assistance prior to age 10			−0.021
			(0.019)
Constant	−1.458^***	−1.366^***	−1.869^***
	(0.288)	(0.289)	(0.308)
Number of Observations	8,968	8,968	8,968

Note: Robust standard errors are shown in parentheses.

Source: Mexican Health and Aging Study, 2012.

^†p < .10; ^*p < .05; ^**p < .01; ^***p < .001

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