Generation, ethnic and religious diversity in friendship choice: Exploring interethnic close ties in Britain

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-98

  Muttarak, Raya ^a  

^a VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Britain; generation; integration; interethnic friendship; pan ethnicity; religion

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; RELIGION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84890797619     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2014.844844     Document Type: Article

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