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SOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITY IN NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN EUROPE

By | 08 Jan 2019|Health, Socio-economic Status|

The occurrence of non-communicable diseases is higher in socioeconomically disadvantaged people, but little is known about socio-economic inequalities in those diseases. Using SHARE data we found that the wealth-related inequality [...]

MEMORY DEFICITS PRECEDE INCREASES IN DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN LATER ADULTHOOD

By | 27 Nov 2018|Health, Socio-economic Status|

We examined bidirectional, time-ordered associations between age-related changes in depressive symptoms and memory. Depressive symptoms increased and memory scores decreased across the observed age range, with worsening mostly evident after [...]

WOMEN SHOW COGNITIVE ADVANTAGE IN GENDER-EQUAL COUNTRIES

By | 30 Oct 2018|Health, Socio-economic Status|

There are gender differences in cognition across countries, but what are the causal drivers? Gender differences in cognition are the result of biopsychosocial interactions throughout the life course. Social-cognitive theory [...]