Estimating the association between parity and mid‐ to later‐life cognitive function in rural South Africa: Evidence from “Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa” (HAALSI)

The burden of cognitive decline is projected to rise over the next decades, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries, contributing to economic hardship, morbidity, and mortality. Reproductive life‐history, including parity, may be associated with later‐life cognitive ability. Using data from the population‐representative “Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa” (HAALSI) cohort, we estimated the association between parity and mid‐ to later‐life global cognitive function.