KIM KORINEK portrait
  • Director, Asia Center, Asian Studies Program
  • Regional Faculty Affiliate, Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, University of Washington
  • Director, Asia Center, Asian Studies Program
  • Professor, Sociology Department
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Publications

  • Glass, Delaney & Yvette M Young, Toan Khanh Tran, Patrick Clarkin, Kim Korinek (2023). Weathering within war: Somatic health complaints among Vietnamese older adults exposed to bombing and violence as adolescents in the American war. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. Vol. 165. Published, 02/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2022.111080
  • Glass DJ & Young YM (2023). Weathering within war: Somatic health complaints among Vietnamese older adults exposed to bombing and violence as adolescents in the American war. Journal of psychosomatic research. Vol. 165, 111080111080. Published, 01/01/2023.
  • Glass DJ & Young YM (2023). Weathering within war: Somatic health complaints among Vietnamese older adults exposed to bombing and violence as adolescents in the American war. Journal of psychosomatic research. Vol. 165, 111080111080. Published, 01/01/2023.
  • Glass DJ & Young YM (2023). Weathering within war: Somatic health complaints among Vietnamese older adults exposed to bombing and violence as adolescents in the American war. Journal of psychosomatic research. Vol. 165, 111080111080. Published, 01/01/2023.
  • Glass DJ & Young YM (2023). Weathering within war: Somatic health complaints among Vietnamese older adults exposed to bombing and violence as adolescents in the American war. Journal of psychosomatic research. Vol. 165, 111080111080. Published, 01/01/2023.
  • Glass DJ & Young YM (2023). Weathering within war: Somatic health complaints among Vietnamese older adults exposed to bombing and violence as adolescents in the American war. Journal of psychosomatic research. Vol. 165, 111080111080. Published, 01/01/2023.
  • Ahmmad, Zobayer & Korinek, K., Wen, M., & Adkins, D. E (2023). Changes in Smoking Prevalence from Adolescence to Adulthood among Asian Americans: Evidence of Selective Acculturation across Gender. Socius. Vol. 9. Published, 01/2023.
  • Yvette Young, Kovnick, Miles O., Korinek, K & Nguyen, M H (2022). Gendered Exposure, Gendered Response: Exposure to Wartime Stressors and PTSD in Older Vietnamese War Survivors. Gender & Society. Vol. 36(5), 704-734. Published, 10/2022.
    https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.utah.edu/10.1177/08912...
  • Zimmer Z & Korinek K (2022). Early-Life War Exposure and Later-Life Frailty Among Older Adults in Vietnam: Does War Hasten Aging?. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences. Vol. 77, 167416851674-1685. Published, 09/01/2022.
  • Zimmer Z & Korinek K (2022). Early-Life War Exposure and Later-Life Frailty Among Older Adults in Vietnam: Does War Hasten Aging?. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences. Vol. 77, 167416851674-1685. Published, 09/01/2022.
  • Aree Jampaklay, Kamkhong, N, Korinek, K, Kittisuksathit, S, Ko, M.K., Sok, S. & Prum V. (2022). Gender and Remittances Across the Mekong Subregion. Mekong Studies. Vol. 18(2), 1-26. Published, 08/2022.
    https://so03.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/mekongjourna...
  • Korinek K (2022). The Racial Configuration of Parent Couples and Premature Birth: an Analysis of the Utah Population Database. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities. Vol. 9, 655669655-669. Published, 05/01/2022.
  • Korinek K (2022). The Racial Configuration of Parent Couples and Premature Birth: an Analysis of the Utah Population Database. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities. Vol. 9, 655669655-669. Published, 05/01/2022.
  • Korinek K (2022). The Racial Configuration of Parent Couples and Premature Birth: an Analysis of the Utah Population Database. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities. Vol. 9, 655-669. Published, 03/01/2022.
  • Korinek K (2022). The Racial Configuration of Parent Couples and Premature Birth: an Analysis of the Utah Population Database. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities. Vol. 9, 655-669. Published, 03/01/2022.
  • Korinek K (2022). The Racial Configuration of Parent Couples and Premature Birth: an Analysis of the Utah Population Database. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities. Vol. 9, 655-669. Published, 03/01/2022.
  • Kovnick MO, Young Y, Teerawichithainan B, Tran N, Toan TK & Korinek Kim (2021). The Impact of Early Life War Exposure on Mental Health among Older Adults in Northern and Central Vietnam. Journal of health and social behavior. Vol. 62, 526-544. Published, 10/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1177/00221465211039239
  • Zimmer Z, Fraser K, Korinek K, Akbulut-Yuksel M & Toan TK (2021). War across the life course: examining the impact of exposure to conflict on a comprehensive inventory of health measures in an aging Vietnamese population. International journal of epidemiology. Vol. 50, 866-879. Published, 07/01/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaa247
  • Aguilera G & Korinek K (2020). Immigrant Fertility in Comparative Perspective: South Africa and the United States. Demography. Vol. 57, 297-322. Published, 11/01/2020.
  • Korinek, Kim & Yvette Young, Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan, Nguyen Thi Kim Chuc, Miles Kovnick and Zachary Zimmer (2020). “Is War Hard on the Heart? Gender, Wartime Stress and Late Life Cardiovascular Conditions in a Population of Vietnamese Older Adults,” 265:1-11. Social Science & Medicine. Vol. 265. Published, 11/2020.
  • Aguilera G & Korinek K (2020). Immigrant Fertility in Comparative Perspective: South Africa and the United States. Demography. Vol. 57, 297-322. Published, 04/01/2020.
  • Aguilera G & Korinek K (2020). Immigrant Fertility in Comparative Perspective: South Africa and the United States. Demography. Vol. 57, 297-322. Published, 04/01/2020.
  • Wen M, Ren Q, Korinek K & Trinh HN (2019). Living in skipped generation households and happiness among middle-aged and older grandparents in China. Social science research. Vol. 80, 145-155. Published, 11/01/2019.
  • Wen M, Ren Q, Korinek K & Trinh HN (2019). Living in skipped generation households and happiness among middle-aged and older grandparents in China. Social science research. Vol. 80, 145-155. Published, 11/01/2019.
  • Korinek, Kim & Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan, Zachary Zimmer, Eleanor Brindle, Thi Kim Chuc Nguyen, Huu Minh Nguyen & Khanh Toan Tran (2019). Design and measurement in a study of war exposure, health, and aging: protocol for the Vietnam health and aging study. BMC Public Health. Vol. 19. Published, 10/2019.
    https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles...
  • Ming Wen & Qiang Ren, Kim Korinek, Ha N. Trinh (2019). Living in skipped generation households and happiness among middle-aged and older grandparents in China. Social Science Research. Vol. 80, 145-155. Published, 05/2019.
  • Peter Loebach & Kim Korinek (2019). Disaster Vulnerability, Displacement and Infectious Disease: Nicaragua and Hurricane Mitch. Population and Environment. Vol. 40, 434-455. Published, 04/2019.
  • Young, Y., Loebach, P., & Korinek, K. (2018). Building walls or opening borders? Global immigration policy attitudes across economic, cultural and human security contexts. Social science research, 75, 83-95. Published, 09/2018.
  • Kim Korinek & Peter Loebach (2016). Migrant Networks, Immigrant and Ethnic Economies, and Destination Development. University of California Press. Published, 09/2016.
  • Korinek, Kim, and Peter Loebach. 2016. “Migrant Networks, Immigrant and Ethnic Economies, and Destination Development,” pp. 362-390 in the Sociology of Development Handbook, edited by Gregory Hooks et al. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Published, 07/2016.
  • Korinek, Kim, Loebach, Peter, and Ha Trinh. 2016. "Military Service and Smoking in a Cohort of Northern Vietnamese Older Adults," International Journal of Public Health, 62(1): 43-51. Published, 03/05/2016.
  • Ha Ngoc Trinh and Kim Korinek. 2016. "Ethnicity, Education Attainment, Media Exposure, and Prenatal Care in Vietnam." Ethnicity and Health, 22(1):83-104. Published, 02/2016.
  • Korinek, K., Loebach, P., & Teerawichitchainan, B. (2016). Physical and Mental Health Consequences of War-related Stressors Among Older Adults: An Analysis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Arthritis in Northern Vietnamese War Survivors. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, gbv157. Published, 02/2016.
  • Korinek, Kim and Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan. 2014. "Military Service, Stressful Events and Post-Trauma Symptoms in a Sample of North Vietnamese Older Adults,” American Journal of Public Health 104(8):1478-87.. Published, 08/2014.
    http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/A...
  • Peter Loebach and Kim Korinek. 2016. “Crossing Borders, Crossing Seas: The Philippines and Continuities in Migration.” International Migration. 54(1):137-151.. Published, 11/2012.
  • Korinek, Kim and Sureeporn Punpuing. 2012. “The Effect of Househld and Community on School Attrition: An Analysis of Thai Youth.” Comparative Education Review 56(3):474-510. Accepted, 08/2012.
  • Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan and Kim Korinek. 2012 “The Long-term Impact of War on Health and Wellbeing in Northern Vietnam: Some Glimpses from a Recent Survey.” Social Science & Medicine 74(12): 1995-2004. Published, 06/2012.
  • Ann Vogel and Kim Korinek. 2012. "Passing by the Girls: An Assessment of Remittance Allocation for Educational Expenditures and Social Inequality in Nepal’s Households.” International Migration Review 46(1):61-100. Published, 03/2012.
  • Korinek, Kim and Ken R. Smith. 2011. “Prenatal Care Utilization by Native-born and Immigrant Women in a New Destination: The Case of Utah.” Social Science & Medicine 72(10):1695-1703. Published, 05/2011.
  • Korinek, Kim, Zachary Zimmer, and Danan Gu. 2011. “Marital Status Transitions and Patterns of Intergenerational Co-residence among China’s Elderly.” Journal of Gerontology:Social Sciences 66B(2):260-270. Published, 03/2011.
  • Chen, Feinian and Kim Korinek. 2010. “Family Life Course Transitions and Rural Housheold Economy During China’s Market Reform.” Demography 47(4):963-987. Published, 11/2010.
  • Maloney, Thomas N. and Kim Korinek (editors). 2010. Migration in the 21st Century: Rights, Outcomes and Policy. Published, 09/2010.
  • Zimmer, Zachary and Kim Korinek. 2010. “Shifts in Coresidence among the Oldest-Old in China: Comparing Decedents and Survivors," Demography 47(3):537-544. Published, 07/2010.

Research Keywords

  • Population Studies - Developing Countries
  • Intergenerational Relationships
  • Immigrants
  • Gender Issues
  • Family relationships: theory and research
  • Demography
  • Child or Maternal Health

Presentations

  • Nativity-Based Fertility Differentials in South Africa and the United States (with Guadalupe Aguilera), poster accepted for presentation at Population Association of America Annual Meetings, Chicago, IL, April 25-27, 2017. Poster, Accepted, 12/20/2106.
  • “Life Course & Health Perspectives on Legacies of the American/Vietnam War,” Symposium on Vietnam War Legacies, Harvard Kennedy School, April 21, 2023. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/21/2024.
    https://ash.harvard.edu/event/how-does-vietnam-war...
  • Sierra Young, Kim Korinek and Yvette Young. “Sleep Quality & Early Life War Exposure: An Analysis of Insomnia Among Vietnamese Older Adults,” paper presentation at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, April 15, 2023. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 04/15/2023.
  • Kim Korinek and Nhung Tran. “Lifetime Fertility in a Context of Protracted War: An Analysis from Northern Vietnam,” Population, Health and Armed Conflict Research Symposium, University of Utah, June 17, 2022. Conference Paper, Presented, 06/17/2022.
  • Zobayer Ahmmad*, Ming Wen, Kim Korinek, and Daniel Adkins. “Changes in Smoking Prevalence from Adolescence to Adulthood among Asian Americans: Evidence of Selective Acculturation across Gender,” Flash Session, Population Association of America annual meeting, Atlanta, GA, April 11, 2022. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 04/11/2022.
  • Glass, Delaney, Yvette Young, Nhung Tran, Tranh Khanh Toan, and Kim Korinek. “Weathering Within War: Somatic Health Complaints Among Vietnamese Older Adults Exposed to Bombing and Violence as Late Adolescents in the American War,” Poster Session, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, April 11, 2022. Poster, Presented, 04/11/2022.
  • “Wartime Stressors and Military Service in Early Adulthood and Biomarkers of Aging and Sarcopenia among Older Adult Vietnamese War Survivors.” Virtual paper presentation at the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science annual meeting (with Sahlil Ahmed and Yvette Young). Conference Paper, Presented, 10/19/2021.
  • Gendered Exposure, Gendered Response—Exposure to Wartime Stressors and PTSD in Older Vietnamese War Survivors.” Virtual paper presentation at the American Sociological Association annual meeting (with Young, Yvette, Miles Kovnick, and Nguyen Huu Minh) . Conference Paper, Presented, 08/2021.
  • “Cognitive Function in the Context of Early Life Wartime Stress Exposure: An Analysis of Cognitive Decline in a Cohort of Vietnamese Older Adults.” Virtual paper presentation at the Population Association of America annual meeting (with Zachary Zimmer, Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan, Yvette Young, Cao Long, and Tranh Khanh Toan). Conference Paper, Presented, 05/08/2021.
  • A Life Course Perspective on War Exposure, Migration History, and Later Life Wellbeing of Northern Vietnamese War Survivors” (with Yvette Young). Virtual Paper presentation at the IV ISA Forum of Sociology. Conference Paper, Presented, 02/26/2021.
  • “How Does Surviving War Age the Body and Mind? An Analysis of Subjective Age in Vietnam,” virtual presentation for NIH Biomarker Network Meeting, June 16, 2020. Conference Paper, Presented, 06/2020.
  • “Is War Hard on the Heart? Gender, Wartime Stress and Late Life Cardiovascular Conditions in a Population of Vietnamese Older Adults.” Invited seminar presenation, Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, University of Washington, Seattle. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/2020.
  • “Racial-ethnic Configuration of Parent Dyads and Premature Births in the Utah Population Database,” roundtable session presentation at the American Sociological Association annual meeting, New York City, August 12, 2019. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/12/2019.
  • “Birth Weight across Ethnically Diverse Asian and Pacific Islanders: An Analysis of Parental Nativity and Ethnicity in a New Immigrant Gateway” (with Zobayer Ahmmad, Guadalupe Aguilera, and Bethany Gull), paper presented in Flash Session, "Unpacking Associations Between Race/Ethnicity and Health, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, April 11, 2019. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 04/11/2019.
  • “Intergenerational Relationships among Families Influenced by War: An Investigation of Vietnamese War Survivors,” (with Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan), paper presented in Invited Symposium “Long-Term Outcomes of Military Service on Aging: International Perspectives,” 21st IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, San Francisco, CA, July 23-27, 2017. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/24/2017.
  • “Playing Mah-jong Together? A Multilevel Analysis of Social Engagement among Chinese Middle-Age and Older Adults” (with Ha Trinh and Ming Wen), paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, August 19-22, 2016. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/20/2017.
  • “Intergenerational Relationships among Families Influenced by War: An Investigation of Vietnamese War Survivors,” (with Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan), paper accepted on Invited Symposium “Long-Term Outcomes of Military Service on Aging: International Perspectives,” 21st IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, San Francisco, CA, July 23-27, 2017. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 07/2017.
  • “Nativity-Based Fertility Differentials in South Africa and the United States” (with Guadalupe Aguilera), poster presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 28, 2017. Won PAA Poster Award. Poster, Presented, 04/28/2017.
  • “Nativity-Based Fertility Differentials in South Africa and the United States” (with Guadalupe Aguilera), poster presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 28, 2017. Poster, Presented, 04/2017.
  • "Disaster Vulnerability, Displacement, and Infectious Disease: Nicaragua and Hurricane Mitch," (with Peter Loebach), American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Environment and Technology Roundtables. Presentation, Accepted, 03/13/2017.
  • “Intergenerational Relationships among Families Influenced by War: An Investigation of Vietnamese War Survivors,” paper accepted on Invited Symposium “Long-Term Outcomes of Military Service on Aging: International Perspectives,” 21st IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, San Francisco, CA, July 23-27, 2017. Conference Paper, Refereed, Accepted, 01/2017.
  • “Migration and the Social Structural Correlates of Adolescent Fertility in Vietnam, 1989 to 2009,” paper presented at the Centre for Family and Population Research Seminar Series, National University of Singapore, October 30, 2015. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/15/2016.
  • “Migration, Modernization and the Predictors of Adolescent Fertility in Vietnam from 1989 to 2009,” paper presented at the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences/UNESCO International Forum on Gender Dimensions of Social Exclusion: Towards More Inclusive Policies for Women, Ha Noi, Vietnam, September, 29, 2015. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/29/2016.
  • “Playing Mah-jong Together? A Multilevel Analysis of Social Engagement among Chinese Middle-Age and Older Adults” (with Ha Trinh and Ming Wen), paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, August 19-22, 2016. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/2016.
  • “Playing Mah-jong Together? A Multilevel Analysis of Social Engagement among Chinese Middle-Age and Older Adults” (with Ha Trinh and Ming Wen), paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, August 19-22, 2016. Conference Paper, Refereed, Accepted, 02/04/2016.
  • "Migration and the Social Structural Correlates of Adolescent Fertility in Vietnam, 1989 to 2009," paper presented in the Centre for Family and Population Research Seminar Series. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/30/2015.
  • Korinek, Kim, Peter Loebach and Ha Ngoc Trinh. "Military Service and Smoking in a Cohort of Northern Vietnamese Older Adults," accepted for poster session at Population Association of America meetings, May 1, 2015. Poster, Accepted, 02/2015.
  • Religious Belief, Religiosity and Mental Health in Context: An Analysis of Older Adult Depressive Symptoms across Latin America and the Caribbean (with Nekehia Quashie and Ha Trinh). Population Association of America Annual Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 05/01/2014.
    http://paa2014.princeton.edu/sessions/68
  • Determinants of Tetanus Toxoid Immunization during Pregnancy in Vietnam: How Individual, Household and Community Matter (with Ha Ngoc Trinh). Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Portland, Oregon. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 03/30/2014.
  • A Comparison of Post-Apartheid Occupation Stratification between Immigrants and Native South Africans. (with Martha Munezhi). Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Portland, Oregon. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 03/27/2014.
    http://pacificsoc.typepad.com/files/2014-psa-progr...
  • “War, Trauma and Later Life Chronic Conditions: An Analysis of Arthritis in Vietnamese War Survivors” (with Peter Loebach and Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan). Paper presented at American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. New York, NY. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/10/2013.
  • “Military Service, Post-Trauma Symptoms, and Health in Older Adulthood, An Analysis of Northern Vietnamese Survivors of the Vietnam War” (with Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan). Population Association of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 13, 2013. Conference Paper, Refereed, Accepted, 04/13/2013.
  • “Ethnic Disparities in Prenatal Care Utilization in Vietnam” (with Ha Ngoc Trinh). Population Association of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 11, 2013. Conference Paper, Refereed, Accepted, 04/11/2013.
  • “Mekong Initiative at the University of Utah,” invited presentation given at meeting of the Consortium of Researchers on China and Asia, University of Utah, February 3, 2012. Presentation, Presented, 02/03/2012.
  • Military Service, Stressful Events and Post-Trauma Symptoms in a Sample of North Vietnamese Older Adults," poster presented at Population Association of America Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, May 4, 2012. Poster, Accepted, 12/2011.
  • “The Long-Term Impact of War on Health and Well-Being in Northern Vietnam: Some Glimpses from a Recent Survey.” Invited Lecture given at the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, October 28, 2011. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/28/2011.
  • The Long-Term Impact of War on Health and Well-Being in Northern Vietnam: Some Glimpses from a Recent Survey, paper presentation, Population Association of America, April 2, 2011 . Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 04/02/2011.
  • Prenatal Care and Low Birth Weight among Immigrant and Racial-Ethnic Minority Women in a New Immigrant Destination.” Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, February 19, 2010. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/19/2011.
  • “Shifting Coresidence Near the End of Life: Comparing Decedents and Survivors of a Follow-up Study in China” (with Zachary Zimmer). Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, April 16, 2010. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 04/16/2010.
  • Prenatal Care among Immigrants and Racial-Ethnic Minorities in a New Immigrant Destination: Exploring the Impact of Legal Status, presented at Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, April 16, 2010. Poster, Presented, 04/16/2010.

Grants, Contracts & Research Gifts

  • Integration of the Undocumented and Documented in a New Destination: Utah . PI: Ken Jameson. Co-PI(s): Kim Korinek, Ming Wen, Julie Stewart, Thomas Maloney, Claudio Holzner. Russell Sage Foundation, 07/15/2008 - 07/15/2010. Total project budget to date: $250,000.00

Geographical Regions of Interest

  • South-Eastern Asia