Racial composition of social settings, interracial friendship, and whites' attitudes toward interracial marriage

Social Science Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-22

  Perry, Samuel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact hypothesis; Interracial friendship; Interracial marriage; Racial attitudes; Social distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873996801     PISSN: 03623319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soscij.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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