Immigration and intermarriage among hispanics: Crossing racial and generational boundaries

Sociological Forum

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 241-264

  Lichter, Daniel T ^a   Carmalt, Julie H ^a   Qian, Zhenchao ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Boundaries; Generation; Hispanics; Immigration; Interracial marriage; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955512662     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: 15737861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1573-7861.2011.01239.x     Document Type: Article

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