Interracial relationships and the transition to adulthood

American Sociological Review

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 563-581

  Joyner, Kara ^a   Kao, Grace ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MARRIAGE; RACE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27644527985     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240507000402     Document Type: Article

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