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Table 4 Tobit estimates for dimensions of cognition in old age

From: Cognitive functioning among poor elderly persons: evidence from Peru

Variables

Total cognition

Memory

Mental intactness

Coeff.

Std. Err.

Coeff.

Std. Err.

Coeff.

Std. Err.

Male (yes = 1)

−0.155*

(0.089)

−0.431***

(0.091)

0.149**

(0.063)

Mother tongue Quechua (yes = 1)

−0.308***

(0.093)

−0.277**

(0.135)

−0.155**

(0.063)

Mother tongue Aymara (yes = 1)

−0.950***

(0.126)

−0.584***

(0.159)

−0.630***

(0.078)

Age

−0.081***

(0.008)

−0.060***

(0.006)

−0.048***

(0.006)

Illiterate (yes = 1)

−1.737***

(0.084)

−0.577***

(0.098)

−1.497***

(0.046)

Retired (yes = 1)

−0.510***

(0.051)

−0.315***

(0.045)

−0.330***

(0.071)

Arm span

0.012***

(0.004)

0.005

(0.005)

0.009***

(0.003)

Haemoglobin

0.006***

(0.002)

0.004***

(0.001)

0.003*

(0.002)

Urban (yes = 1)

0.249**

(0.108)

0.086

(0.094)

0.194***

(0.060)

Constant

2.097***

(0.065)

1.822***

(0.096)

1.581***

(0.043)

Observations

3884

 

3884

 

3884

 

Pseudo R-squared

0.060

 

0.027

 

0.084

 
  1. Standard errors clustered at department level are shown in parentheses. All models include dummies for department
  2. *p < 0.1; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01