Xuexin Yu, Chodziwadziwa W Kabudula, Ryan G Wagner, Darina T Bassil, Meagan T Farrell, Stephen M Tollman, Kathleen Kahn, Lisa F Berkman, Molly S Rosenberg, Lindsay C Kobayashi
AIM: To investigate mid-life employment trajectories in relation to later-life memory function and rate of decline in rural South Africa. METHODS: Data from the Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System were linked to the 'Health and Ageing in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa' (HAALSI) in rural Agincourt, South Africa (N = 3133). Employment was assessed every 4 years over 2000-12 as being employed (0, 1, 2 and ≥3 time points), being employed in a higher-skill occupation (0, 1, 2 and ≥3 time points) and dynamic employment trajectories identified using sequence analysis...
February 14, 2024: International Journal of Epidemiology