Boarding Schools for Girls

Teenagers form friendships based on common ethnicity, even in schools which have diverse populations, according to a new study from Stanford University.

• Dr. Matthew Jackson used data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, and found that high school students are more likely to meet and be friends with people of their own race.
  
• Black students value friendships with students of other races at 55 percent compared to friendships with other blacks.
  
• For Asians, that figure is 90 percent.
  
• For white and Hispanic students, friendships with students of other races are valued at between 55 and 90 percent.
  
• Dr. Prudence Carter, a Stanford University sociologist, said that black students may segregate for a sense of community because they tend to be in the minority.

This study was presented at the National Proceedings of Science.

Labels: ethnicity, relationships, friendships

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