Marrying out: Comparing the marital and social integration of Asians in the US and Canada

Social Science Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 311-329

  Lee, Sharon M ^a   Boyd, Monica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asians; Canada; Integration; Intermarriage; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149137513     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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