indicator
Cognitive Difficulty by Age
Cognitive Difficulty by Age
Description
Share of Older Adults Reporting Serious Difficulty Concentrating, Remembering, or Making Decisions, by Age and Living Alone, 2024
Data Source
American Community Survey (ACS)
Calculation Methodology
- 1Select respondents aged 50 and older using the
AGEPcolumn with a filter conditionAGEP >= 50. - 2Derive age groups from the
AGEPcolumn using bins: 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, and 80+, corresponding to labels 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, and 80+. - 3Use the
COGNITIVE_DIFFICULTIEScolumn to identify levels of difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions, excluding the category Unspecified. - 4Apply the weight column
PWGTPto weight each respondent's data. - 5Aggregate weighted data by
STATEand age group categories to calculate the share of older adults reporting serious cognitive difficulty. - 6Present results as a stacked bar chart showing the distribution of cognitive difficulty by age group and living arrangement.
Source Variables using this Indicator (19)
Visuals Using This Indicator (1)
Share of Older Adults Reporting Serious Difficulty Concentrating, Remembering, or Making Decisions, by Age and Living Alone, 2024
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