Upward educational mobility
1 paper2 findings
- 1 lab in 2 countries
- Funders: South African Medical Research Council and 2 more
- Humans1
Associations
2Cognitive scores
downin humans1
1 study
Cognitive scores
downin humans1
Upward educational mobility is associated with cognitive scores in humans.
“upwardly mobile participants generally had lower cognitive scores than those with formal education in both generations.”
HumansRural Mexico and South Africa; compared with formal education in both generations
Social science & medicine (1982)24 Sep 2026
Cognitive function
upin humans1
1 study
Cognitive function
upin humans1
Upward educational mobility is associated with cognitive function in humans.
“upward educational mobility and formal education in both generations were positively associated with cognitive performance across domains relative to neither generation having formal education”
HumansRural Mexico and South Africa; relative to neither generation having formal education
Social science & medicine (1982)24 Sep 2026
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Intergenerational education and late-life cognitive performance: A comparison between rural Mexico and South Africa
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