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Does the Association Between Leisure and Cognition Vary by Life Course Socioeconomic Status and Age?
Although it is established that both cognitive functioning and engaging in leisure activities tend to correlate with each other among older adults, what is less known is whether the association between them becomes weaker or stronger in old age. Building on recent research that shows significant interactions between life course socioeconomic status (SES) and leisure activity engagement on cognitive impairment, we aim to further explore whether such interactions vary by age among older adults by using data from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey of adults aged 65 and older between 2002 and 2018. Results from the Generalized Linear Mixed Model show that virtually all leisure activities are significantly associated with cognitive impairment into old age even after controlling for life course SES. We further find that significant interactions between life course SES and leisure activity engagement on cognitive performance remain in old age. The finding that the association between leisure activity engagement and cognitive impairment is conditional on life course SES even in old age suggests the persistence of heterogeneity in the relationship between cognitive functioning and its associated factors among older adults. It is contradictory to the age-as-leveler hypothesis, which projects a convergence in health inequality in old age.
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As a quarterly peer-reviewed journal that has existed for over three decades, Ageing International serves all professionals who deal with complex ageing issues. The journal is dedicated to improving the life of ageing populations worldwide through providing an intellectual forum for communicating common concerns, exchanging analyses and discoveries in scientific research, crystallizing significant issues, and offering recommendations in ageing-related service delivery and policy making. Besides encouraging the submission of high-quality research and review papers, Ageing International seeks to bring together researchers, policy analysts, and service program administrators who are committed to reducing the ''implementation gap'' between good science and effective service, between evidence-based protocol and culturally suitable programs, and between unique innovative solutions and generalizable policies. For significant issues that are common across countries, Ageing International will organize special forums for scholars and investigators from different disciplines to present their regional perspectives as well as to provide more comprehensive analysis. The editors strongly believe that such discourse has the potential to foster a wide range of coordinated efforts that will lead to improvements in the quality of life of older persons worldwide. Abstracted and Indexed in:
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