{"id":35021,"date":"2026-09-17T09:45:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T01:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/?page_id=35021"},"modified":"2026-09-17T09:45:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T01:45:05","slug":"cai-zuqi-grad-student","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/cai-zuqi-grad-student\/","title":{"rendered":"Cai Zuqi- Grad Student"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\t\tCai Zuqi\t<\/h2>\n<h4>\n\t\t\tPh.D. (Sociology)\t<\/h4>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2026\/09\/Cai-Zuqi.jpg\" alt=\"Cai Zuqi\" height=\"600\" width=\"600\" title=\"Cai Zuqi\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t<p>Research Interest: Ageing and Health; Inequality; Family; Social Policy; Quantitative Methods<\/p>\n<p>Zuqi Cai is a PhD student in Sociology at the National University of Singapore. She holds a Master of Economics (Quantitative Track) from NUS and has worked as a Research Assistant at the Centre for Family and Population Research\u00a0(CFPR), NUS,\u00a0for over two years. Her research draws on longitudinal and population data from Singapore, China, and Southeast Asia to examine how social and family contexts shape health, care, and inequality in later life. Her current work includes LEAP-based research on time use, productive ageing, and income sources, alongside studies of cognitive and functional health among older adults. More broadly, she\u00a0seeks\u00a0to\u00a0identify\u00a0diverse,\u00a0feasible, and\u00a0equitable\u00a0ways to support health, dignity, and well-being in later life, and to understand how family and social policy can reduce inequalities in ageing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teaching Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SC3209 Data Analysis in Social Research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf06c\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:420,&quot;335559991&quot;:420,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Wingdings&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf06c&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;singleLevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Wu, Z., Cai, Z., Tan, B. Y. J., &amp; Feng, Q. (2026). Domain-staged progression of cognitive impairment in older adults: Evidence from China.\u00a0<i>Social Science &amp; Medicine<\/i>, 398, 119144.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.socscimed.2026.119144\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.socscimed.2026.119144<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf06c\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:420,&quot;335559991&quot;:420,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Wingdings&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf06c&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;singleLevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Gu, D., Feng, Q., Mo, Y., &amp; Cai, Z. (2025). Associates of internet and social media use among older adults in China. In K. Wang, H. Y. Lee, Q. Feng, &amp; D. Gu (Eds.),\u00a0<i>ICT Use and Healthy Longevity<\/i>\u00a0(pp. 101-119). Springer Nature Switzerland.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-031-98964-3_6\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-031-98964-3_6<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf06c\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:420,&quot;335559991&quot;:420,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Wingdings&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf06c&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;singleLevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Feng, L., Ye, K. X., Feng, Q., Mo, Y., Cai, Z., Li, C., Yu, J., Li, B., Maier, A. B., Zeng, Y., &amp; Wang, Z. (2025). Trends in cognitive impairment among older adults in China from 2002 to 2022: Evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.\u00a0<i>The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease<\/i>, 13(1), 100370.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.tjpad.2025.100370\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.tjpad.2025.100370<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<strong>Contact Info: <\/strong><br \/>\nEmail ID: <a href=\"mailto:cai_zuqi@u.nus.edu\">cai_zuqi@u.nus.edu<\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cai Zuqi Ph.D. (Sociology) Research Interest: Ageing and Health; Inequality; Family; Social Policy; Quantitative Methods Zuqi Cai is a PhD student in Sociology at the National University of Singapore. 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