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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 Grant for her project investigating the causes and consequences of housing vulnerability in Canada. 

Areas of Specialization

Selected Publications

• Choi, Kate H. and Brandon G. Wagner. 2022. "Mate Selection Behavior of GED Recipients." Journal of Family Issues doi:10.1177/0192513X211059825.
• Choi, Kate H. and Marta Tienda. 2021. "Gender and Educational Differentials in Marital Sorting of Hispanic Young Adults." The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 696(1): 179-197.
• 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.

News

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