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Title: Gender and Ethnicity: Marriage Patterns in Historical Perspective

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Publication Year: 2005

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Abstract: Gender is fundamental to understanding ethnic marriage patterns, particularly in the case of the United States of America, where immigrant streams have long been sexselective. While for much of a century (1880-1970) male immigrants typically outnumbered females 110:100, for Greeks and Italians the adult sex ratio averaged 150, and Norwegians, Mexicans, Austrians, and others were not far behind at 125. In caste societies, polyandry, celibacy or same-sex unions might be the means for attaining equilibrium in socially-constructed marriage markets. In the United States, outmarriage is the escape valve, as far back in the past as census microdata permit us to peer. Nevertheless, breaking the gender squeeze is a two-step, or better two-generation, process with immigrants, favoring spouses of their own ethnicity even though born in . . .

Url: http://users.pop.umn.edu/~rmccaa/gender_ethnicity_marriage_seposal_2005.pdf

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Authors: McCaa, Robert; Esteve, Albert; Cortina, Clara

Publisher: University of Minnesota

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Topics: Gender, Race and Ethnicity

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