Interracial and intraracial patterns of mate selection among America's diverse black populations

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 658-672

  Batson, Christie D ^a   Qian, Zhenchao ^a   Lichter, Daniel T ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Africans; Blacks; Immigrants; Intermarriage; West Indians

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745766071     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00281.x     Document Type: Article

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