Changes in immigrants' social integration during the stay in the host country: The case of non-western immigrants in the Netherlands

Social Science Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 870-882

  Martinovic, Borja ^a   Tubergen, Frank van ^a   Maas, Ineke ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Immigrants; Interethnic contacts; Social integration; Synthetic cohort design

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749122043     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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