@article {10.2307/26979898, title = {Parental Education and Self-Rated Health among Older Adults: Evidence from the U.S. and South Korea}, journal = {Journal of Asian Sociology}, volume = {49}, year = {2020}, pages = {527{\textendash}546}, abstract = {The purpose of this cross-national study is to investigate the association between parental education, an important early-life socioeconomic indicator, and self-rated health (SRH) among older adults in Western (U.S.) and Eastern (Korea) countries. The study sample is drawn from nationally representative data collected by the 2016 Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the 2016 Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (KLoSA). The final sample consists of 9,610 HRS and 4,425 KLoSA respondents age 65 or older. Hierarchical logistic regression models are used to examine the association between paternal and maternal education and SRH. The results show that low maternal education is significantly associated with fair/poor SRH in the U.S., while low paternal education is associated with fair/poor SRH among older Korean adults, controlling for other covariates. The disparity found in parental education may be due to the cultural differences in patriarchal values and the rate of change in gender expectations and economic development.}, keywords = {Education, KLoSA, Self-rated health}, issn = {26714574, 26718200}, doi = {10.21588/dns.2020.49.4.007}, author = {SeungAh H. Lee and Kimberly J. Johnson and Jiyoung Lyu} } @article {11533, title = {Parental Education and Self-Rated Health among Older AdultsEvidence from the U.S. and South Korea}, journal = {Journal of Asian Sociology}, volume = {49}, year = {2020}, pages = {527-546}, abstract = {[The purpose of this cross-national study is to investigate the association between parental education, an important early-life socioeconomic indicator, and self-rated health (SRH) among older adults in Western (U.S.) and Eastern (Korea) countries. The study sample is drawn from nationally representative data collected by the 2016 Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the 2016 Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (KLoSA). The final sample consists of 9,610 HRS and 4,425 KLoSA respondents age 65 or older. Hierarchical logistic regression models are used to examine the association between paternal and maternal education and SRH. The results show that low maternal education is significantly associated with fair/poor SRH in the U.S., while low paternal education is associated with fair/poor SRH among older Korean adults, controlling for other covariates. The disparity found in parental education may be due to the cultural differences in patriarchal values and the rate of change in gender expectations and economic development.]}, keywords = {KLoSA, maternal education, paternal education, Self-rated health}, isbn = {26714574, 26718200}, url = {https://www.jstor.org/stable/26979898}, author = {Lee, Seungah H. and Kimberly J. Johnson and Jiyoung Lyu} } @article {8363, title = {Socioeconomic Status Across the Life Course and Cognitive Function Among Older Adults: An Examination of the Latency, Pathways, and Accumulation Hypotheses}, journal = {Journal of Aging and Health}, volume = {28}, year = {2016}, pages = {40-67}, publisher = {28}, abstract = {Objective: This study investigated the relationship between life course socioeconomic status (SES) and cognitive function among older adults in the United States over a 12-year observation period. The mediation of adult SES on the association between childhood SES and cognition was examined, along with the relationship between cumulative SES and cognition. Method: Using a nationally representative sample from the Health and Retirement Study, cognitive status and change in cognition from 1998 to 2010 were examined using growth curve models. Results: The results showed that cognitive function varied within-persons and between-persons. SES disadvantage in childhood was associated with lower cognitive function at baseline. Adult SES mediated the relationship between childhood SES and cognitive function. Persons with higher cumulative SES demonstrated an advantage in cognitive function. Discussion: Childhood SES and adult SES both had relationships with cognitive status and, to a lesser degree, change in cognition in later life.}, keywords = {Adult children, Demographics, Event History/Life Cycle, Health Conditions and Status}, doi = {10.1177/0898264315585504}, url = {http://jah.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/05/07/0898264315585504.abstract}, author = {Jiyoung Lyu and Jeffrey A Burr} } @article {8150, title = {Gender Differences in the Association between Childhood Socioeconomic Status and Cognitive Function in Later Life}, journal = {Journal of Geriatrics}, volume = {2015}, year = {2015}, publisher = {2015}, abstract = {Objectives. This study was aimed to explore the gender differences in the association between childhood socioeconomic status (SES) and cognitive function in later life. Methods. Using a nationally representative sample from the Health and Retirement Study, 5,544 females and 3,863 males were analyzed separately. Growth curve models were used to examine memory status and change in memory from 1998 to 2010. Results. The results showed that SES disadvantage in childhood was associated with lower memory at baseline controlling for adult SES and other covariates. In addition, cumulated disadvantage in SES was associated with poor memory in both genders. Statistically, the impact of cumulative SES on memory function at baseline was significantly different by gender. Discussion. These findings suggest that childhood SES has long-term effects on cognitive function among both men and women, and cumulative SES from childhood to adulthood may be more important for men than women with respect to their memory performance.}, keywords = {Adult children, Demographics, Health Conditions and Status, Methodology}, doi = {10.1155/2015/896876}, author = {Jiyoung Lyu} } @mastersthesis {6430, title = {The impact of childhood SES on decline in cognition among older adults}, volume = {3622199}, year = {2014}, note = {Copyright - Copyright ProQuest, UMI Dissertations Publishing 2014 Last updated - 2014-07-25 First page - n/a}, month = {2014}, pages = {187}, school = {University of Massachusetts Boston}, type = {Ph.D.}, address = {Boston}, abstract = {Previous studies have demonstrated that late-life cognitive change is associated with socioeconomic status (SES) developed from childhood to adulthood. Although the association between childhood SES and late-life cognitive functioning has been demonstrated empirically, few studies examined the relationships between childhood SES and cognitive performance longitudinally. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of childhood and adult SES on different cognitive domain (global cognition, memory, and mental status) changes. Using a nationally representative sample from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), cognition change from 1998 to 2010 was examined using growth curve models. The results showed that childhood SES indicators were related to all cognitive functions, adult SES indicators were mediating the effects of childhood SES on cognitive functions, and cumulative SES indicator was related to cognitive functions. In terms of the rate of decline in cognitive functions, indicators of childhood SES were significantly related. In addition, both childhood and adult SES indicators were significantly related to between and within-person variation in cognitive functions. Gender and race differences in the relationship between childhood SES and cognitive functions were also affirmed. These findings suggest that childhood SES has long-term effects on cognitive status as well as for cognitive change in later life although some of the childhood effects are mediated by adult SES factors.}, keywords = {Adult children, Demographics, Event History/Life Cycle, Health Conditions and Status}, url = {http://search.proquest.com.proxy.lib.umich.edu/docview/1547725256?accountid=14667http://mgetit.lib.umich.edu/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004\&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8\&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQuest+Dissertations+\%26+Theses+A\%26I\&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertat}, author = {Jiyoung Lyu} } @article {7699, title = {Gender differences in the link between excessive drinking and domain-specific cognitive functioning among older adults.}, journal = {J Aging Health}, volume = {24}, year = {2012}, note = {.}, month = {2012 Dec}, pages = {1380-98}, abstract = {

OBJECTIVE: This study investigated gender differences in the relationship between excessive drinking and two cognitive domains among older adults.

METHOD: Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, 3,888 females and 2,350 males were analyzed separately. Multivariate regression was used to analyze the association between excessive drinking and fluid intelligence score. Logistic regression was conducted to examine the relationship between excessive drinking and crystallized intelligence.

RESULTS: Multivariate analysis showed that compared to non-excessive drinking, excessive drinking did not have a significant impact on fluid intelligence for either women or men, but it had a significantly negative association with a high crystallized intelligence score for women.

DISCUSSION: Findings suggest that the relationship between excessive drinking and cognition varies with gender when crystallized intelligence is measured. Clinicians and service providers should consider gender differences when developing strategies for the prevention and treatment of alcohol-related cognitive decline among older adults.

}, keywords = {Aged, Alcohol Drinking, Alcohol-Related Disorders, Cognition, Cognition Disorders, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Intelligence, Male, Multivariate Analysis, Regression Analysis, Sex Factors}, issn = {1552-6887}, doi = {10.1177/0898264312459346}, author = {Jiyoung Lyu and SeungAh H. Lee} }