Racial and ethnic differences in girls' sexual, marital, and birth expectations

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 150-162

  East, Patricia L ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Girls' job expectations; Girls' school expectations; Hispanics; Race and ethnicity; Role timing norms; Southeast Asians

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040757732     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353448     Document Type: Article

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