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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of KHANDLE participants by childhood residence

From: Lifecourse socioeconomic changes and late-life cognition in a cohort of U.S.-born and U.S. immigrants: findings from the KHANDLE study

 

US Childhood (n = 1058)

Foreign Childhood (n = 295)

Age (mean, SD)

75.1 (6.5)

76.3 (6.2)

Female (n, %)

636 (60.1)

170 (57.6)

Race/Ethnicity

 Asian

202 (19.1)

151 (51.2)

 Black

299 (28.3)

3 (1.0)

 Latinx

191 (18.1)

90 (30.5)

 White

366 (34.6)

51 (17.3)

Low Childhood Financial Capital

292 (24.6)

73 (24.8)

 Ever go hungry due to finances

123 (11.7)

50 (17.1)

 Parents did not own childhood home

405 (38.4)

112 (38.4)

 Family was poor relative to others

338 (34.5)

76 (27.0)

Low Childhood Cultural Capital

 Father and/or mother earned ≤8th-grade education

388 (36.7)

154 (52.2)

Low Childhood Social Capital

 Never/sometimes had someone trust and confide

401 (37.9)

111 (37.6)

 Low Late-Life Financial Capital

468 (39.5)

107 (36.3)

vParticipant receives SSI, state welfare, support from friends/family or earns < 55 K annually

348 (33.0)

102 (35.1)

 Always/often worries about having enough to cover living expenses AND earns < 75 K annually

208 (21.9)

39 (14.9)

Low Late-Life Cultural Capital

 Education ≤High School/General Education Diploma

125 (11.8)

57 (19.3)

Low Late-Life Social Capital

 Does not have someone to confide in or can depend on

102 (9.6)

42 (14.2)

Financial Capital Trajectory

 Consistently High

501 (47.4)

146 (49.5)

 Low Childhood, High Adult

145 (13.7)

42 (14.2)

 High Childhood, Low Adult

298 (28.2)

76 (25.8)

 Consistently Low

114 (10.8)

31 (10.5)

Cultural Capital Trajectory

 Consistently High

615 (58.1)

127 (43.1)

 Low Childhood, High Adult

318 (30.1)

111 (37.6)

 High Childhood, Low Adult

55 (5.2)

14 (4.8)

 Consistently Low

70 (6.6)

43 (14.6)

Social Capital Trajectory

 Consistently High

615 (58.1)

165 (55.9)

 Low Childhood, High Adult

341 (32.2)

88 (29.8)

 High Childhood, Low Adult

42 (4.0)

19 (6.4)

 Consistently Low

60 (5.7)

23 (7.8)