Citation
Noppert, Grace A.; Martin, Chantel L.; Zivich, Paul N.; Aiello, Allison E.; Harris, Kathleen Mullan; & O'Rand, Angela (2022). Adolescent Neighborhood Disadvantage and Memory Performance in Young Adulthood. Health & Place, 75, 102793. PMCID: PMC9721118Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, we estimated the average causal effect of neighborhood disadvantage in adolescence on memory performance in young adulthood. We contrasted several different ways of operationalizing a continuous measure of neighborhood disadvantage including a continuous neighborhood disadvantage score and ordinal measures.RESULTS: Neighborhood disadvantage was measured in Wave I when participants were a mean age of 15.41 years (SE: 0.12) and memory performance was measured in Wave IV when participants were a mean age of 28.24 years (SE: 0.12). We found that adolescent neighborhood disadvantage was associated with decreased memory performance in young adulthood. Notably, we observed a linear decline in word recall score among those in the less disadvantaged tail of the distribution (neighborhood disadvantage <1), a finding not observed using traditional ordinal variable classifications of disadvantage.
CONCLUSION: Experiencing neighborhood disadvantage in adolescence may have lasting impacts on cognitive health throughout the life course.
URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102793Reference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
2022Journal Title
Health & PlaceAuthor(s)
Noppert, Grace A.Martin, Chantel L.
Zivich, Paul N.
Aiello, Allison E.
Harris, Kathleen Mullan
O'Rand, Angela
Article Type
RegularPMCID
PMC9721118Data Set/Study
National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health)Continent/Country
United States of AmericaState
NonspecificORCiD
Aiello - 0000-0001-7029-2537Martin, C. - 0000-0003-1907-0810
Harris, KM - 0000-0001-9757-1026
Noppert - 0000-0002-2040-960x
Zivich - 0000-0002-9932-1095