From: Cognitive functioning among poor elderly persons: evidence from Peru
Variables | Total cognition | Memory | Mental intactness | |||
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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 | Â | 3884 | Â | 3884 | Â |
Pseudo R-squared | 0.060 | Â | 0.027 | Â | 0.084 | Â |