Psychology: Research and Review
From: Influence of age and schooling in written discourse of healthy adults
Speech elements | β | Standard error | p | CI 95% (β) |
---|---|---|---|---|
No. of words | ||||
Males | − 0.5 | 1.6 | 0.771 | − 3.7; 2.7 |
Age range, 40–59 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 0.906 | − 3.1; 3.5 |
Age range, 60–75 | − 1.1 | 2.1 | 0.582 | − 5.2; 3.0 |
Education level, 9–11 | 6.8 | 1.8 | < 0.001 | 3.2; 10.4 |
Education level:,≥ 12 | 20.1 | 1.8 | < 0.001 | 16.5; 23.7 |
Production time | ||||
Males | − 1.8 | 7.2 | 0.801 | − 15.9; 12.3 |
Age range, 40–59 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 0.291 | − 6.8; 22.7 |
Age range, 60–75 | 23.8 | 9.3 | 0.011 | 5.6; 42.0 |
Education level, 9–11 | 10.2 | 8.1 | 0.212 | − 5.8; 26.2 |
Education level, ≥ 12 | 36.1 | 8.1 | < 0.001 | 20.1; 52.0 |
Number of IU | ||||
Males | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.550 | − 0.3; 0.5 |
Age range, 40–59 | − 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.777 | − 0.5; 0.4 |
Age range, 60–75 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.955 | − 0.5; 0.5 |
Education level, 9–11 | 1.3 | 0.2 | < 0.001 | 0.9; 1.8 |
Education level, ≥ 12 | 2.3 | 0.2 | < 0.001 | 1.9; 2.8 |
Number of elements | ||||
Males | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.784 | − 0.2; 0.1 |
Age range, 40–59 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.803 | − 0.2; 0.1 |
Age range, 60–75 | − 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.313 | − 0.3; 0.1 |
Education level, 9–11 | 0.5 | 0.1 | < 0.001 | 0.3; 0.7 |
Education level, ≥ 12 | 0.8 | 0.1 | < 0.001 | 0.7; 1.0 |