Ethnic preferences in friendships and casual contacts between majority and minority children in the Netherlands

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 57-65

  Fortuin, J ^a,c   van Geel, M ^a   Ziberna, A ^b   Vedder, P ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethnic background; Inter ethnic friendship; Social interaction; Social networks; Sociometric status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904752969     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2014.05.005     Document Type: Article

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