Do school friends participate in similar extracurricular activities?: Examining the moderating role of race/ethnicity and age

Journal of Leisure Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 332-352

  Simpkins, Sandra D ^a   Vest, Andrea E ^a   Delgado, Melissa Y ^b   Price, Chara D ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNICITY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RACE; YOUNG POPULATION;

EID: 84871270178     PISSN: 00222216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2012.11950268     Document Type: Article

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