Racial and ethnic differences in extended family, friendship, fictive kin, and congregational informal support networks

Family Relations

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 609-624

  Taylor, Robert Joseph ^a   Chatters, Linda M ^a,d   Woodward, Amanda Toler ^b,e   Brown, Edna ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d Michigan School of Social Work   (United States)

^e 244 Baker Hall   (United States)

^f Department of Human Development and Family Studies ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Church; Extended family; Fictive kin; Friendship; Informal social support; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883025708     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fare.12030     Document Type: Article

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