A path toward interracial marriage: Women's first partners and husbands across racial lines

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 343-369

  King, Rosalind Berkowitz ^a,c   Bratter, Jenifer L ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

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EID: 34247371475     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: 15338525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2007.00081.x     Document Type: Article

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