%0 Journal Article
%T Residential Mobility and Cognitive Function Among Middle
%A Allison A. Vorderstrasse
%A Bei Wu
%A Hanzhang Xu
%A Matthew E. Dupre
%A Truls £¿stbye
%J Research on Aging
%@ 1552-7573
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0164027518770780
%X To assess the association between rural and urban residential mobility and cognitive function among middle-aged and older adults in China. We used data from the World Health Organization Study on global AGEing and adult health that included adults age 50+ from China (N = 12,410). We used multivariate linear regressions to examine how residential mobility and age at migration were associated with cognitive function. Urban and urban-to-urban residents had the highest level of cognitive function, whereas rural and rural-to-rural residents had the poorest cognitive function. Persons who migrated to/within rural areas before age 20 had poorer cognitive function than those who migrated during later adulthood. Socioeconomic factors played a major role in accounting for the disparities in cognition; however, the association remained significant after inclusion of all covariates. Residential mobility and age at migration have significant implications for cognitive function among middle-aged and older adults in China
%K social determinants of health
%K mobility
%K cognition
%K China
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0164027518770780