An occupational tale of two cities: Minorities in London and New York

Demography

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 539-550

  Model, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; OCCUPATION; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONS;

EID: 0031264034     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3038308     Document Type: Article

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