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Title: Describing Interracial Marriages and What They Convey Regarding Race Relations in America

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Publication Year: 2006

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Abstract: By analyzing Census 2000 data, this paper describes the characteristics of which people are most likely to marry outside their race and what this suggests about race relations today. Using a standard probit model and looking at white-Hispanic, white-black, and white-Asian marriages, this study finds that military service, higher education, and the scarcity of ones race in a state increase the probability of one entering an interracial marriage no matter to which race one belongs. Altogether, I have determined that exposure to outside groups (races, cultures, etc.) is key to whether one marries interracially or not.

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Authors: Vickery, John Michael

Publisher: Duke University

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage, Race and Ethnicity

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