Mother's, father's, or both? parental gender and parent-child interactions in the racial classification of adolescents

Sociological Forum

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 658-688

  Bratter, Jenifer ^a   Heard, Holly E ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Gender; Interracial; Multiracial; Parent child relations; Racial identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 68849131693     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1573-7861.2009.01124.x     Document Type: Article

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