Kin support among blacks and whites: Race and family organization

American Sociological Review

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 812-837

  Sarkisian, Natalia ^a   Gerstel, Naomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; FAMILY STRUCTURE; KINSHIP; RACIAL DISPARITY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 15044345050     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240406900604     Document Type: Review

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