N-IUSSP: How siblings shape cognitive aging. Evidence from American families, by Yiang Li
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Yiang Li’s research on Americans born in the early 20th century shows that adults who grew up with multiple brothers and sisters, especially siblings close in age, experienced markedly faster cognitiv...
Using HRS data linked to the 1940 Census, @yiangli.bsky.social shows that individuals with more childhood co-residing siblings are linked to steeper late-life cognitive decline, and women raised with brothers show the fastest deterioration.
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