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Anna Zajacova, Professor
Graduate Chair, Sociology
PhD, Sociology and Demography, Princeton University
Anna Zajacova is a demographer who researches issues in population health, health inequalities, and social determinants of health over the adult life course. In particular, she aims to understand how educational experiences and attainment influence later-life health and longevity among adults and elderly. She has published on topics of marital happiness, health and longevity, educational disparities and adult health, disability trends and pain.
Areas of Specialization
- Social epidemiology
- Health inequalities
- Demography
- Lifecourse and aging
- Ethnicity
- Quantitative methods
Selected Publications
- Zajacova, Anna, Anthony Jehn, Matthew Stackhouse, Kate H. Choi, Patrick Denice, Michael Haan, and Howard Ramos. 2020. "Mental health and economic concerns from March to May during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada: Insights from an analysis of repeated cross-sectional surveys." SSM - Population Health 12(December 2020): 100704.
- Denice, Patrick, Kate H. Choi, Michael Haan, and Anna Zajacova. 2020. "Visualizing the Geographic and Demographic Distribution of COVID-19." Socius DOI: 10.1177/2378023120948715.
- Montez, Jennifer Karas, Mark D. Hayward, and Anna Zajacova. 2019. "Educational Disparities in Adult Health: U.S. States as Institutional Actors on the Association." Socius 5: 1-14.
- Montez, Jennifer Karas, Anna Zajacova, Mark D. Hayward, Steven H. Woolf, Derek Chapman, and Jason Beckfield . 2019. "Educational Disparities in Adult Mortality Across U.S. States: How Do They Differ, and Have They Changed Since the Mid-1980s?." Demography 56(2): 621-644.
- Jehn, Anthony and Anna Zajacova . 2019. "Disability trends in Canada: 2001-2014 population estimates and correlates." Canadian Journal of Public Health 110(3): 354-363.
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Contact Information
Dr. Anna Zajacova
Department of Sociology
Room 5330, Social Science Centre
- 519-661-2111 ext. 85123
- fax: 519-661-3200
- anna.zajacova@uwo.ca
