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Title: The interplay of spatial diffusion and marital assimilation of Mexicans in the United States, 1980-2011

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Publication Year: 2017

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Abstract: Recent trends suggest a decline in the rate of intermarriage between Mexicans and non-Hispanic whites. In this paper, we argue that interpretations of this trend as a decline in preferences for intermarriage are misleading because of the lack of adequate data that captures both spatial and temporal variation in the level of intergroup contact. Using data from the Decennial Census (1980-2000) and the American Community Survey (2008-2011), we employ a novel methodological approach to disentangle the impact of spatial diffusion, ethnic replenishment, and shifts in preferences for homophily on Mexican ethnic intermarriage patterns across 543 Consistent Public Use Microdata Areas (cPUMA). Once changes in the demographic composition of cPUMAs are accounted for, multilevel models for repeated crosssectional data provide no evidence of a change in the marital preferences of Mexicans over time. Trends in intermarriage rates are predominantly explained by compositional and structural changes

Url: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369183X.2016.1185940

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Authors: Sporlein, Christoph; Mouw, Ted; Martinez-Schuldt, Ricardo

Periodical (Full): Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Issue: 3

Volume: 43

Pages: 475-493

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage, Race and Ethnicity

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