Asians in America's Suburbs: Patterns and Consequences of SettlementFootnote^*

* This project has been partially funded through an Initiative Grant by the Office of Vice Provost for Research and a Dean's Incentive Grant, College of Public Programs, Arizona State University (MRR NO29), and through a National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Grant for Professional Development, Population Research Center, University of Texas, Austin. We are grateful to Alex Oberle, Kedi Wang, Weidi Pang, and Jianfeng Zhang at Arizona State University and to Boris Brodsky at the University of Texas, Austin for their invaluable research assistance

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