教育缩小了中国认知功能的性别差异:跨队列比较研究的证据
Jinjing Wu1, Mingxu Yang2, Jie Ma1
1Asian Demographic Research Institute, Shanghai University, China.
Journal of aging and health
|September 6, 2025
概括
在中国,教育显著减少了性别认知差距. 随着女性在出生阶段获得更多的教育, 她们的认知功能得到了更多的改善,
科学领域:
- 老年学
- 认知科学
- 教育社会学
背景情况:
- 在中国,性别平等在教育方面有所改善.
- 性别之间的认知功能差异仍然存在.
- 教育对老年人认知功能的影响需要研究.
研究的目的:
- 检查出生群体的教育进步如何影响中国认知功能中的性别差异.
- 确定教育是否对男性和女性的出生队列和认知功能之间的关联产生不同的影响.
主要方法:
- 针对55岁以上的中国健康和营养调查 (1997-2015) 的纵向数据.
- 采用内部随机效应模型来分析性别认知差异的队列变化.
- 进行调节调解分析以评估教育在性别方面的调解作用.
主要成果:
- 与男性相比,女性在出生群体中的教育年数增加得更大.
- 在女性中,教育与认知功能有较强的积极关联.
- 这些因素有助于减少年轻人认知功能的性别差异.
结论:
- 教育改善在减轻认知功能中的性别差异方面起着至关重要的作用.
- 调查结果强调了教育公平对老龄化人口认知健康结果的重要性.
- 需要进一步的研究来了解性别教育的不同认知效益.
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