The socioeconomic attainments of Asian Americans

Asian Americans: Contemporary Trends and Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 54-77

  Sakamoto, Arthur ^a,b,c   Xie, Yu ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Department of Sociology Center for Asian American Studies   (United States)

^c Population Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781452233802.n4     Document Type: Chapter

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