Patterns of participation in informal social activities among Chinese immigrants in Toronto

International Migration Review

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 348-374

  Fong, Eric ^a   Ooka, Emi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; IMMIGRANT; MIGRATION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; TORONTO;

EID: 33748789313     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: 17477379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2006.00020.x     Document Type: Article

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