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Spoerlein, Christoph, Schlueter, Elmar and van Tubergen, Frank ORCID: 0000-0002-6415-2877 (2014). Ethnic intermarriage in longitudinal perspective: Testing structural and cultural explanations in the United States, 1880-2011. Soc. Sci. Res., 43. S. 1 - 16. SAN DIEGO: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE. ISSN 1096-0317

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Abstract

Focusing on macro-level processes, this article combines Decennial Census and Current Population Survey data to simultaneously test longitudinal and cross-sectional effects on ethnic intermarriage using structural and cultural explanations. Covering a 130 year period, the results of our multilevel analysis for 140 national-origin groups indicate that structural characteristics explain why some origin groups become more open over time while others remain relatively closed. Ethnic intermarriage is more likely to increase over time when the relative size of an immigrant group decreases, sex ratios grow more imbalanced, the origin group grows more diverse, the size of the third generation increases and social structural consolidation decreases. Cultural explanations also play a role suggesting that an origin group's exogamous behavior in the past exerts long-term effects and exogamous practices increase over time when the prevalence of early marriage customs declines. For some of the discussed determinants of intermarriage, longitudinal and cross-sectional effects differ calling for a more careful theorizing and testing in terms of the level of analysis (e.g., longitudinal vs. cross-sectional). (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Spoerlein, Christoph UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schlueter, Elmar UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED van Tubergen, Frank UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-6415-2877 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-451534
DOI:	10.1016/j.ssresearch.2013.07.016
Journal or Publication Title:	Soc. Sci. Res.
Volume:	43
Page Range:	S. 1 - 16
Date:	2014
Publisher:	ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Place of Publication:	SAN DIEGO
ISSN:	1096-0317
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE; TRENDS; ASSIMILATION; PATTERNS; HOMOGAMY; MODELS; WOMEN Multiple languages Sociology Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/45153