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Kate Choi

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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 social demographer, inequality scholar, and quantitative sociologist. Her research examines the nature, determinants, and consequences of social inequality. Her work seeks to identify the social forces and structures that perpetuate racial and socioeconomic inequality. She has published extensively on the wellbeing and health of interracial couples and multiracial individuals. Her work empirically showing the vulnerability of marginalized communities in Canada to COVID-19 has received acclaim. She holds an SSHRC Insight Development Grant on the impact of neighborhood contexts on health, including the spread of COVID-19 and an SSHRC Insight Grant for her project investigating the impact of COVID-19 on housing vulnerability in Canada. She was awarded Western's Faculty Scholar Award in 2022.

Areas of Specialization

Social Demography
Social Determinants of Health

Social Inequality
Family Sociology

Racial Inequality
Quantitative Methodology

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 and N. Reichman. (2019). The health of biracial children in two-parent families in the United States. Demographic Research 41: 197-230.
Choi, Kate, and M. Martinson. (2018). The relationship between low birthweight and childhood health: disparities by race, ethnicity, and national origin. Annals of Epidemiology 28 (10), 704-709. e4.

News

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Motherhood deferred: US median age for giving birth hits 30

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Baby bust: economic stimulus helps births rebound from pandemic

CTV interview screenshot showing Natasha Fatah and Kate Choi, Headline: Demographic Data and Covid-19 - Findings indicate racially diverse areas hit hardest

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