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The Salience of Racial and Ethnic Identification in Friendship Choices Among Hispanic Adolescents

Grace Kao

University of Pennsylvania

Elizabeth Vaquera

University of Pennsylvania

Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, a nationally representative sample of youth in 7th to 12th grades, this study examines how racial and ethnic identification overlap among Hispanic adolescents (N = 6,399). The study examines the choices of friends to evaluate the proximity of race and ethnic identifiers among Hispanics. The result show evidence that ethnicity and race are distinct stratifiers as evidenced by their friendship choices, but that ethnicity is more significant than race in determining the choice of friends of Hispanics. Racial identification of Hispanics is closely associated with choosing a friend of the same race, whether or not that person is Hispanic. Finally, when Hispanics interact with non-Hispanics, racial identity becomes another determinant of friendships.

Key Words: friendships • interethnic friendships • ethnic identification • Hispanic adolescents • racial identification

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 28, No. 1, 23-47 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0739986305284126
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