RT Article
T1 Beyond Homophily: The Boundary-Specific Effects of Interracial Contact
JF Race and social problems
VO 16
IS 2
SP 211
OP 229
A1 Shiao, Jiannbin Lee 1970-
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1888278846
AB Decades of research have confirmed and delimited the effects of interracial contact on racial attitudes. A shortcoming of this literature is its framing of interracial contact as a counterweight to homophily. Accordingly, researchers often measure interracial contact at the same-race/different-race boundary, such as in friendships and dating relationships. Rather than asking whether any interracial friendship leads to any interracial dating, I ask how much crossing a specific boundary actually leads to crossing other boundaries. Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), I investigate the consequences of early interracial friendship for later interracial dating across six racial boundaries. The results show that interracial contact with a specific group increases the likelihood of interracial contact primarily with that same group and rarely with other groups. I conclude with implications for future research as well as social policy that relies on interracial contact.
K1 Multiracial
K1 Boundaries
K1 Dating
K1 Friendship
K1 Interracial contact
DO 10.1007/s12552-024-09411-3