Extended family ties among mexicans, puerto ricans and whites: Superintegration or disintegration?

Family Relations

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 331-344

  Sarkisian, Natalia ^a   Gerena, Mariana ^b   Gerstel, Naomi ^c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact; Coresidence; Family integration; Kin; Latino a; Proximity; Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745003232     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2006.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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