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Carol, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0002-5403-8931 (2016). Like Will to Like? Partner Choice among Muslim Migrants and Natives in Western Europe. J. Ethn. Migr. Stud., 42 (2). S. 261 - 277. ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. ISSN 1469-9451

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Abstract

The most influential theory on partner choice, from which I will also depart, the theory on assortative mating, starts from the premise that individuals prefer to marry someone who shares certain characteristics denoted by the Greek term 'homophily'. Religious and ethnic homophily are very important in this context. Consequently, this paper looks at marriages between natives and migrants of different origin, which are at the same time interreligious as the focus is on Muslim migrants. Marriages between natives and migrants from countries with a large Muslim majority have been reported as exceptionally low. Further analyses try to find out what is so exceptional about intermarriage between Muslim migrants and natives and devote attention to levels of individual religiosity, conflicting ideas about family life and relationships, premarital sexuality, attitudes about intermarriage and lastly, the role of parents in the matchmaking process. The latter have been understudied in previous research, as it was mostly not able to go beyond socio-demographic variables. My research provides evidence for all of these factors, but in contrast to earlier research, my analyses show for the first time that parental interference and possibly the importance of value transmission through marriage reduce the likelihood to intermarry.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Carol, Sarah UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-5403-8931 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-290200
DOI:	10.1080/1369183X.2014.963037
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Ethn. Migr. Stud.
Volume:	42
Number:	2
Page Range:	S. 261 - 277
Date:	2016
Publisher:	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Place of Publication:	ABINGDON
ISSN:	1469-9451
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language INTERMARRIAGE ATTITUDES; IMMIGRANTS; NETHERLANDS; MARRIAGE; PATTERNS; HOMOGAMY; RELIGION; TURKISH; DIVERSITY; MINORITY Multiple languages Demography; Ethnic Studies Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/29020