"More than Just Choice: Race, Gender, and School Context in College Hookups".

Given the extensive research on interracial relationships and sexualization, research on race and hooking up has been surprisingly sparse. Using the Online College Social Life survey (n = 17,576) and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, we focus on student and institutional characteristics to examine differences in hooking up and hooking up interracially for White, Black, Asian, and Latino students. We find that individual characteristics matter more in determining who hooks up, while institutional characteristics are more important for understanding interracial hookups. Additionally, we identify group-specific differences in the role of institutional characteristics. Our findings suggest a strong social pattern in the way students form unions within and across racial and ethnic boundaries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]