Citation
Strully, Kate (2014). Racially and Ethnically Diverse Schools and Adolescent Romantic Relationships.
American Journal of Sociology. vol. 120 (3) pp. 750-797 , PMCID: PMC4423808
Abstract
Focusing on romantic relationships, which are often seen as a barometer of social distance, this analysis investigates how adolescents from different racial-ethnic and gender groups respond when they attend diverse schools with many opportunities for inter-racial-ethnic dating. Which groups respond by forming inter-racial-ethnic relationships, and which groups appear to "work around" opportunities for inter-racial-ethnic dating by forming more same-race-ethnicity relationships outside of school boundaries? Most prior studies have analyzed only relationships within schools and, therefore, cannot capture a potentially important way that adolescents express preferences for same-race-ethnicity relationships or work around constraints from other groups' preferences. Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, I find that, when adolescents are in schools with many opportunities for inter-racial-ethnic dating, black females and white males are most likely to form same-race-ethnicity relationships outside of the school; whereas Hispanic males and females are most likely to date across racial-ethnic boundaries within the school. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
URL
http://www.jstor.org/stable/info/10.1086/679190Notes
American Journal of Sociology
Reference Type
Journal Article
Journal Title
American Journal of Sociology
Author(s)
Strully, Kate
Year Published
2014
Volume Number
120
Issue Number
3
Pages
750-797
DOI
10.1086/679190
PMCID
PMC4423808
Reference ID
5554
