Gender Difference in Cognitive Function: by Age
| Cohort | Number of Observations | Mental Intactness | Episodic Memory | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Female | Male | Gender Difference | Overall | Female | Male | Gender Difference | ||
| 45–49 | 339 | 9.068 | 8.746 | 9.514 | −0.768*** | 3.901 | 3.858 | 3.961 | −0.103 |
| 50–54 | 402 | 9.003 | 8.543 | 9.453 | −0.910*** | 3.823 | 3.730 | 3.913 | −0.183 |
| 55–59 | 356 | 8.635 | 8.054 | 9.142 | −1.088*** | 3.397 | 3.117 | 3.636 | −0.520** |
| 60–64 | 292 | 8.541 | 7.920 | 9.090 | −1.171*** | 3.333 | 3.057 | 3.573 | −0.517* |
| 65–74 | 353 | 8.156 | 7.687 | 8.490 | −0.803** | 2.936 | 2.839 | 3.006 | −0.167 |
| 75 + | 131 | 7.687 | 7.051 | 8.208 | −1.158** | 2.059 | 1.663 | 2.348 | −0.685* |
| All | 1,873 | 8.621 | 8.167 | 9.046 | −0.879*** | 3.413 | 3.294 | 3.524 | −0.230** |
Source: CHARLS 2008. Gender Difference is Female–Male. Mental Intactness is based on components of the TICS battery scaled from 0–11 that are meant to capture intact mental status. Episodic Memory is an average of the immediate and delayed ten word recall.