Educational inequalities in cognitive-functional transitions among adults aged 65 years and older in China and the United States: parallel longitudinal analyses of CHARLS and HRS

Year of Publication
2026
Author
Shikun Li
Xu Chen
Rudong Chen
Zhuo Yang
Yuyang Hou
Jiasheng Yu
Journal
Research Square
Abstract

Cognition and independence in basic activities of daily living (ADL) often change together, yet their joint social patterning is poorly characterised. We examined educational differences in cognitive-functional states and adjacent-wave transitions among older adults in China and the United States.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-10395169/v1
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