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Zheng Wu

ResearcherUniversity of Victoria

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Zheng Wu

Researcher

Social Sciences and Humanities

University of Victoria

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
1 publication in the last five years, latest in 2022.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (5 SSHRC), most recently in 2017.

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Research

divorce aging longitudinal research

Latest papers

Is There a Cohort Explanation for Declines in Elderly Migration?
Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement · 2022 · senior author
Linking Lives in Ethnically Diverse Families: The Interconnectedness of Home Leaving and Retirement Transitions.
International journal of aging & human development · 2021 · senior author
Perceived racial and cultural discrimination and sense of belonging in Canadian society.
Canadian review of sociology = Revue canadienne de sociologie · 2021 · first author

All 15 publications

Latest funding

Aging and Health
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$233,333
Cohabitation among Canadians in mid and later life: a national portrait, 1981-2011
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$164,000
Intermarriage in Canada trends, patterns, and explanations, 1981-2006
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$63,000

All 8 grants and awards

15 publications.

Is There a Cohort Explanation for Declines in Elderly Migration?

Edmonston B, Lee SM, Wu Z

Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1017/s0714980821000064 PMID: 33736716

Linking Lives in Ethnically Diverse Families: The Interconnectedness of Home Leaving and Retirement Transitions.

Mitchell BA, Wister AV, Li G, Wu Z

International journal of aging & human development2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/0091415020943318 PMID: 32757618

Perceived racial and cultural discrimination and sense of belonging in Canadian society.

Wu Z, Finnsdottir M

Canadian review of sociology = Revue canadienne de sociologie2021First author

DOI: 10.1111/cars.12339 PMID: 33913252

Perceived religious discrimination and mental health.

Wu Z, Schimmele CM

Ethnicity & health2021First author

DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2019.1620176 PMID: 31117819

Widowhood and depression: a longitudinal study of older persons in rural China.

Xu J, Wu Z, Schimmele CM, Li S

Aging & mental health2020

DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2019.1571016 PMID: 30739494

Marital and Cohabiting Union Dissolution in Middle and Later Life.

Wu Z, Penning MJ

Research on aging2018First author

DOI: 10.1177/0164027517698024 PMID: 29298616

Group size and secular endogamy among the religiously unaffiliated in Canada.

Lee SM, Hou F, Edmonston B, Wu Z

Social science research2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2018.05.011 PMID: 29961486

Caregiver Stress and Mental Health: Impact of Caregiving Relationship and Gender.

Penning MJ, Wu Z

The Gerontologist2016Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnv038 PMID: 26035875

Relocation and Social Support Among Older Adults in Rural China.

Wu Z, Penning MJ, Zeng W, Li S, Chappell NL

The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences2016First author

DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbu187 PMID: 25617401

Mass Relocation and Depression Among Seniors in China.

Zeng W, Wu Z, Schimmele CM, Li S

Research on aging2015

DOI: 10.1177/0164027514551178 PMID: 25651588

Aging and Health

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Wu, Zheng

Keywords: immigrants, mental health, mental illness, aging and health, social/family demography, demographic methods, health and well-being in later life, family structure and health outcomes, social determinants of health

$233,333

Cohabitation among Canadians in mid and later life: a national portrait, 1981-2011

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Wu, Zheng

Keywords: nonmarital cohabitation; mid and later life; demographic analysis

$164,000

Intermarriage in Canada trends, patterns, and explanations, 1981-2006

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Wu, Zheng

Keywords: marriage; cohabitation; intermarriage; race; ethnicity; immigration

$63,000

Socio-economic integration of Asian immigrants and their children in Canada and the United States

Co-investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Lee, Sharon M.

Keywords: Asians; immigrants; second generation; socio-economic integration; Canada/U.S. comparison; assimilation theory; quantitative sociology

$83,600

Regional variations in nonmarital cohabitation across Canada: patterns, explanations and forecasts

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Wu, Zheng

Keywords: cohabitation; regional variations; diffusion theory; diffusion models; cohort forecasts

$82,274

Population change and lifecourse

Co-investigatorSSHRC2006

Principal investigators: Beaujot, Roderic

Keywords: population; life course; network; knowledge mobilization; public policy

$2,097,000

Population change and public policy

Co-investigatorSSHRC2004Strategic Research Clusters Design Grants

Principal investigators: Beaujot, Roderic

$30,000

Does cohabitation matter? Consequences of union disruption for women and children

Principal investigatorSSHRC2002Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Wu, Zheng

Keywords: cohabitation; union dissolution; union transition; economic well-being of women; child development

$65,929

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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