Roommate's race and the racial composition of white college students' ego networks

Social Science Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 331-342

  Mark, Noah P ^a   Harris, Daniel R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b DR Harris and Co   (United States)

Author keywords

College campus; Friendship networks; Homophily; Interracial friendship; Transitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856333646     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2011.11.012     Document Type: Article

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