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Kate H. Choi, Associate Professor

Director, Centre for Research on Social Inequality
PhD, Sociology, University of California - Los Angeles

Kate H. Choi is a family demographer, inequality scholar, and quantitative sociologist. Her research examines the nature, determinants, and consequences of social inequality. Her work focuses on determinants of partner selection and implications for inequality in future generations, inequality by race and socioeconomic status, and immigration experiences and their implications for socioeconomic integration in the destination country. She currently holds a SSHRC Insight Development Grant for her project investigating the impact of neighborhood context on physical wellbeing.

Areas of Specialization

Selected Publications

• Choi, Kate H. and Rachel E. Goldberg. 2021. "Multiracial Children's Experiences of Family Instability." Journal of Marriage and Family DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12763.
• Choi, Kate H., Patrick Denice, Michael Haan, and Anna Zajacova. 2021. "Studying the Social Determinants of COVID-19 in a Data Vacuum." Canadian Review of Sociology 2021; 1–19 DOI: 10.1111/cars.12336.
• Choi, Kate H. and Rachel Goldberg. 2020. "The Social Significance of Interracial Cohabitation: Inferences Based on Fertility Behavior." Demography 57(5): 1727-1751.
• Choi, Kate H., Sagi Ramaj, and Michael Haan. 2020. "Age of the oldest child and internal migration of immigrant families: A study using administrative data from immigrant landing and tax files." Population, Space and Place 2020: e2409.
• Choi, Kate H. and Rachel Goldberg. 2020. "The Social Significance of Interracial Cohabitation: Inferences Based on Fertility Behavior." Demography 57(5): 1727-1751.

News

The forgotten ones: Untold and unseen consequences of COVID-19

Visible minorities make up 27% of London's COVID-19 cases

Demographic Data and Covid-19: Findings indicate racially diverse areas hit hardest

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