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Impact of the South African Child Support Grant on memory decline and dementia probability in rural and low-income mothers, 2014–2021

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  • Beidelman, Erika T.
  • Chakraborty, Rishika
  • Jock, Janet
  • Whiteson Kabudula, Chodziwadziwa
  • Phillips, Meredith L.
  • Kahn, Kathleen
  • Eyal, Katherine
  • Bassil, Darina T.
  • Berkman, Lisa
  • Kobayashi, Lindsay C.
  • Rosenberg, Molly

Abstract

Aging populations across sub-Saharan Africa are rapidly expanding, leading to an increase in the burden of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). Cash transfer interventions are one plausible mechanism to combat ADRD at a population-level in low-income settings. We exploited exogenous variation in eligibility for South Africa's Child Support Grant (CSG) to estimate the longitudinal association between potential CSG benefit and cognitive trajectories in rural mothers with <10 children (n = 1090).

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  • Beidelman, Erika T. & Chakraborty, Rishika & Jock, Janet & Whiteson Kabudula, Chodziwadziwa & Phillips, Meredith L. & Kahn, Kathleen & Eyal, Katherine & Bassil, Darina T. & Berkman, Lisa & Kobayashi, , 2024. "Impact of the South African Child Support Grant on memory decline and dementia probability in rural and low-income mothers, 2014–2021," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 358(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:358:y:2024:i:c:s0277953624006701
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117217
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