Beyond good grades: School composition and immigrant youth participation in extracurricular activities

Social Science Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 155-168

  Okamoto, Dina G ^a   Herda, Daniel ^a   Hartzog, Cassie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extracurricular activities; Immigrant incorporation; Race ethnicity; School composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869079721     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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