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Title: Generation, education, and intermarriage of Asian Americans

Citation Type: Book, Section

Publication Year: 2021

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ISSN: 14699451

DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2019.1585006

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Abstract: The influx of immigrants from Asia to the United States (U.S.) has expanded the pool of co-ethnic marriageable partners, strengthened racial identity, and contributed to the decline in interracial marriage with whites among Asian Americans. Yet, retreat from interracial marriage with whites may well vary by immigrant generation, an important factor in marital assimilation. Using data from the March Current Population Survey (1994–2015), we examine generational differences in intergenerational marriage and interracial marriage with whites among Asian Americans. The results reveal that over time third-plus-generation Asians show no significant change in interracial marriage with whites but declines in intergenerational marriage with first- or second-generation Asians. Second-generation Asians, on the other hand, have become more likely to marry first-generation Asians and less likely to marry whites. In addition, education provides different opportunities for intermarriage, with highly-educated Asian Americans more likely than their less-educated counterparts to marry whites and less likely to marry other Asians. Notably, highly-educated second-generation Asians tend to marry third-plus-generation Asians and whites while their less-educated counterparts marry first-generation Asians. These findings highlight the importance of generation and education in integration of Asian Americans.

Url: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369183X.2019.1585006

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Authors: Qian, Zhenchao; Qian, Yue

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Pages: 2880-2895

Volume Title: Migration and Marriage in asian Contexts

Publisher: Routledge

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Topics: Education, Family and Marriage, Gender, Race and Ethnicity

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