The role of family interaction in new immigrant Latinos' civic engagement

Journal of Communication

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 387-406

  Wilkin, Holley A ^a   Katz, Vikki S ^b   Ball Rokeach, Sandra J ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LATINO PEOPLE; NEIGHBORHOOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68049137647     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2009.01421.x     Document Type: Article

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