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Title: Crossing Boundaries: Nativity, Ethnicity, and Mate Selection

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Publication Year: 2012

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Abstract: The influx of immigrants has increased diversity among ethnic minoritiesand indicates that they may take multiple integration paths in American society.Previous research on ethnic integration has often focused on panethnic differences,and few have explored ethnic diversity within a racial or panethnic context. Using2000 U.S. census data for Puerto Rican, Mexican-, Chinese-, and Filipino-originindividuals, we examine differences in marriage and cohabitation with whites, withother minorities, within a panethnic group, and within an ethnic group by nativitystatus. Ethnic endogamy is strong and, to a lesser extent, so is panethnic endogamy.Yet, marital or cohabiting unions with whites remain an important path of integrationbut differ significantly by ethnicity, nativity, age at arrival, and educationalattainment. Meanwhile, ethnic differences in marriage and cohabitation with other racialor ethnic minorities are strong. Our analysis supports that unions with whites remain amajor path of integration, but other paths of integration also become viable options forall ethnic groups.

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Authors: Batson, Christie D.; Qian, Zhenchao; Glick, Jennifer E.

Periodical (Full): Demography

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Race and Ethnicity

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