Upward educational mobility

Exposure

1 paper2 findings

  • 1 lab in 2 countries
  • Funders: South African Medical Research Council and 2 more
  • Humans1

Associations

2

Cognitive scores

downin humans1

1 study
  1. 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

    Intergenerational education and late-life cognitive performance: A comparison between rural Mexico and South Africa

    Social science & medicine (1982)24 Sep 2026

Cognitive function

upin humans1

1 study
  1. 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

    Intergenerational education and late-life cognitive performance: A comparison between rural Mexico and South Africa

    Social science & medicine (1982)24 Sep 2026

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