Which of the following best describes the relationship between age and a child's likelihood of having friends from a different racial or ethnic group?

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A study in a California town in which the schools were about half African American and half white found that older children actually were less likely than younger ones to have a friend of a different ethnicity. Interethnic friendships declined steadily from the fourth through the seventh grade. The researchers concluded that as children grow older, ethnic or racial similarity becomes an increasingly powerful basis for friendship (Ocampo, Knight, & Bernal, 1997).

Which of the Following Best Describes the Relationship Between Age