Manlin Cai is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. Her research interests include family and work, gender, migration, and social inequality in Chinese and Canadian societies. She was a 2022–23 graduate student fellow at the UBC Centre for Migration Studies. Her advisor is Dr. Yue Qian.

Manlin Cai’s research has mainly focused on two areas in sociology of family and work. Selected publications include:

Intersections between work and family

• Fuller, Sylvia, Manlin Cai, and Donna Lero. Online first. “The Work/Care Interface and Parents’ Mid-Pandemic Mental Health: Inequalities at the Intersection of Gender and High-Health-Risk Household Status.” Society and Mental Health.
• Qin, Siqi, Manlin Cai, Sylvia Fuller, and Yue Qian. 2022. “Gender, Parenthood and Employment During COVID-19: An Immigrant-Native Born Comparison in Canada.” Canadian Ethnic Studies 54(3): 63-108.

Patterns of assortative mating in the digital era

• Cai, Manlin and Yue Qian. 2023. “Digital Ethnic Enclaves: Mate Preferences and Platform Choices Among Chinese Immigrant Online Daters in Vancouver.” Canadian Review of Sociology 60(1): 130-153.
• Qian, Yue, Yang Shen, and Manlin Cai. 2022. “Gendered Age Preferences for Potential Partners: A Mixed-Methods Study Among Online Daters in Shanghai.” Chinese Sociological Review 54(3): 304-331.
  • Featured in Sixth Tone, Ms-Muses (in Chinese)

For more information and publications, please check her personal website or Google Scholar page.