TY - JOUR
T1 - Merging top-down and bottom-up influences on fitting in at school : the role of ethnic congruence in overall and interethnic friendship formation
AU - Demanet, Jannick
AU - Van Praag, Lore
AU - Van Houtte, Mieke
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This study assesses whether ethnic congruence associates with studentsu8217 share of cross-group friendships and number of overall friendships. We investigate differences between natives, Western-European immigrants, and non-Western European immigrants. Multilevel analyses on 11,759 students across 83 Flemish secondary schools demonstrated that, for natives and Western-European immigrants, higher congruence linearly related to lower shares of cross-group friendships. For non-Western European immigrants we observed a U-curved relationship. Moreover, for the latter, higher congruence associated with more friendships overall. As such, non-Western European immigrants are better integrated in the peer group when at least a critical share of co-ethnics is present at school.
AB - This study assesses whether ethnic congruence associates with studentsu8217 share of cross-group friendships and number of overall friendships. We investigate differences between natives, Western-European immigrants, and non-Western European immigrants. Multilevel analyses on 11,759 students across 83 Flemish secondary schools demonstrated that, for natives and Western-European immigrants, higher congruence linearly related to lower shares of cross-group friendships. For non-Western European immigrants we observed a U-curved relationship. Moreover, for the latter, higher congruence associated with more friendships overall. As such, non-Western European immigrants are better integrated in the peer group when at least a critical share of co-ethnics is present at school.
U2 - 10.1080/00380253.2019.1711260
DO - 10.1080/00380253.2019.1711260
M3 - Article
SN - 0038-0253
SP - 544
EP - 566
JO - Sociological Quarterly
JF - Sociological Quarterly
ER -