Marrying out: A boundary approach to understanding the marital integration of Asian Americans

Social Science Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1391-1414

  Okamoto, Dina G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Immigrant integration; Intermarriage; Panethnicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548951462     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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