School Racial Composition and Adolescent Racial Homophily
School Racial Composition and Adolescent Racial Homophily
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学校种族构成和青少年种族同质性
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2000
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Grace S Kao
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K. Joyner;Grace S Kao
尽管学校的特点是前所未有的种族多样性，但目前还不清楚种族多样化的学生群体是否一定会转化为不同种族青少年之间的友谊。我们研究了学校是如何构建青少年种族同一性的，也就是说，青少年倾向于与种族相似的学生建立友谊。方法。利用国家青少年健康纵向研究的数据，我们研究了学校的种族构成如何影响美国七年级到十二年级青少年拥有跨种族友谊的机会。结果。我们的研究结果表明，白人、黑人、西班牙裔、亚裔和美洲原住民青少年在拥有跨种族友谊的机会上存在很大差异。他们还表明，随着学校中同种族学生比例的减少，青少年拥有跨种族友谊的机会显著增加。最后，他们认为学校的种族构成在很大程度上解释了种族间友谊的差异，但不是全部。结论。我们的结论是，种族间友谊的种族差异反映了种族间接触的机会和偏好
Even though schools are characterized by an unprecedented amount of racial diversity, it is unclear whether a racially diverse student body necessarily translates into friendships between adolescents from different racial groups. We examine how schools structure adolescent racial homophily, that is, adolescents' tendency to form friendships with students who are similar with respect to race. Methods. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we examine how the racial composition of schools influences the chances of having an interracial friendship for U.S. adolescents in grades seven through twelve. Results. Our results demonstrate that white, black, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American adolescents differ greatly in their chances of having an interracial friendship. They additionally demonstrate that adolescents' chances of having an interracial friendship increase dramatically as the proportion of same-race students in their schools decreases. Finally, they suggest that school racial composition accounts for a large part of the variation in interracial friendship by race, but not for all of it. Conclusions. We conclude that racial differences in interracial friendship reflect opportunities and preferences for interracial contact