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Alwin, Duane., Wray, Linda., Tufis, Paula., McCammon, Ryan. and Rodgers, Willard. "Sex Differences in Cognitive Aging: Results from the Health and Retirement Study" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, TBA, New York, New York City, Aug 11, 2007 <Not Available>. 2009-05-24 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p184493_index.html>

Alwin, D. F., Wray, L. A., Tufis, P. A., McCammon, R. J. and Rodgers, W. L. , 2007-08-11 "Sex Differences in Cognitive Aging: Results from the Health and Retirement Study" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, TBA, New York, New York City Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2009-05-24 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p184493_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: In this paper we empirically assess sex differences in aging-related trajectories of cognitive performance using measures of memory performance adapted for use in sample surveys. We apply latent growth curve models to national survey data from the Health and Retirement Study based on probability samples of cohorts born from the early 1900s to 1947 (N = 17,354). A key contribution of the present study is the introduction of the hypothesis that sex differences in cognitive performance may in fact be confounded with differences in life expectancy between men and women. In other words, between-sex group age differences are not equivalent indications of “aging,” suggesting that age may not be the correct metric for expressing differences in cognitive change over the life span. We therefore introduce “life expectancy” as the metric of time – i.e., distance from death rather than distance from birth – as a potentially more informative metric for evaluating sex differences in patterns of cognitive aging in middle and older age.

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