ArticleWork, aging and retirement2025
Cognitive Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity: The Role of Occupational Complexity and Occupational Status.
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- Intersectional discrimination and mental health in later life: ageism as a core dimension.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025Article
- Black Americans' Diminished Health Returns of Professional Occupations: A Thirty-Year Follow-Up Study of Middle-Aged and Older Adults.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Occupational position and complexity in relation to Black-White cognitive disparities.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Article
- Interrupted Learning across the Lifespan.Human development · 2025Article
- Does cognitive capital reduce the risk of cognitive decline in later life?Innovation in aging · 2025Article
- Race, College Graduation, and Time of Retirement in the United States: A Thirty-Year Longitudinal Cohort of Middle-Aged and Older Adults.Open journal of educational research · 2024Article
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Abstract
Disparities in older age cognitive health by race/ethnicity persist even after controlling for individual-level indicators of childhood and adult socioeconomic status. High levels of labor market segregation mean that Black and Latino workers, on average, may not have the same exposure to jobs involving complex work with data and people as their White counterparts, aspects of work that appear to be protective of older adult cognition. However, the role of variation in exposure to occupational complexity by race/ethnicity remains understudied as an explanation for cognitive disparities at older ages. This paper uses detailed work histories constructed from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) Occupation and Industry life history data to understand the role of occupational complexity in the development of dementia at older ages. It also addresses a conjecture that complexity reflects occupational status. Findings highlight that: (a) occupations involving complex work with data during working ages may be protective against dementia at older ages, potentially contributing to the differentials in dementia prevalence for Black, Latino, and White workers, and (b) occupational complexity reflects occupational status. This research increases understanding of the implications of labor market segregation for cognitive health disparities by race/ethnicity.
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