Rural–Urban Comparison in Cognitive Health Among Brazilian Older Adults: The Moderating Role of Internet Use

Xiayu Summer Chen, Tania M. Rodriguez, Rachel Wu, Flavia Andrade, School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, School of Social Work, University of Central Florida, Department of Psychology, University of California Riverside

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Published online on December 30, 2025

Abstract

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This study investigates how internet use moderates cognitive health disparities between rural and urban older adults in Brazil. It uses data from 9,257 adults aged 50 and above from the second wave of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (2019–2021) ...