Assimilation and intermarriage for U.S. immigrant groups, 1880–1990
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12447151 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth Wildsmith (The University of Texas at Austin, corresponding author), Myron P Gutmann (0000-0002-6808-3573, University of Michigan), Brian Gratton (Arizona State University) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 563-584 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The History of the Family (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1081-602X • E-ISSN: 1873-5398 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.hisfam.2003.05.001 |
| OpenAlex | W2010581743 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 35 |
Marriage outside one's ethnic or racial group constitutes the ultimate test of assimilation. In this research, we offer a new test of theories of assimilation by examining the choice of marriage partners among Mexican Americans, several European immigrant groups, and natives. Data from the 1880 to 1990 Integrated Public Use Microdata Samples (IPUMS) are employed, augmented by additional identification procedures developed for the Hispanic population. Assimilation measured by intermarriage rates varies by ethnic origin with striking affinity in historical patterns for Italians and Mexicans. Density and location of ethnic settlement, sex ratios, and generational mix played a role. Continued immigration marks certain groups, such as Mexicans, as structurally distinct
Demographic economics · Economics · Ethnology · Geography · Immigration · Sociology · Gender Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Race, History, and American Society
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Economic, Demographic, and Anthropometric Correlates of First Marriage in the Mid-Nineteenth-Century United States
The expatriation act of 1907, marital assimilation, and citizenship-based intermarriage in the U.S
Marrying into the American Population
Julius Drachsler's Intermarriage in New York City
New data sources for research on the nineteenth-century United States
Economic, Demographic, and Anthropometric Correlates of First Marriage in the Mid-Nineteenth-Century United States
Immigration and Child Mortality
Life after crossing the border
Fertility trends across migrant generations reexamined
Assimilation and ethnic marriage-squeeze in early 20th century America
Intermarriage and Immigrant Integration in Sweden
Is America Fragmenting
The Residential Segregation of Immigrants in the United States from 1850 to 1940
How Do Children of Mixed Partnerships Fare in the United Kingdom? Understanding the Implications for Children of Parental Ethnic Homogamy and Heterogamy
Becoming American
Ethnic families in America
The Mexican-American People
Assimilation in American life
Barrios NorteñOs
Second-Generation Decline
The Mexican American Family
Making a New Deal
Rethinking Assimilation Theory for a New Era of Immigration
Asian American Interracial and Interethnic Marriages
Segmented Assimilation
Change in Nuptiality Patterns among Cuban Americans
Race and Place in the Adaptation of Mariel Exiles
Assimilation, Disruption and the Fertility of Mexican-Origin Women in the United States
Assimilation, Disruption and the Fertility of Mexican-Origin Women in the United States
A New Look at the Hispanic Population of the United States in 1910
Hispanics in the United States, 1850–1990
The New Second Generation
The Hispano Homeland in 1900∗
Ethnic Options
Intermarriage and Social Distance Among U.S. Immigrants at the Turn of the Century
The Crucible within
Rethinking Assimilation Theory for a New Era of Immigration
Segmented Assimilation
Heterogeneity and Intermarriage
Ethnic Intermarriage and Gender in New York City
Who Intermarries? Education, Nativity, Region, and Interracial Marriage, 1980 and 1990
Structural and Assimilationist Explanations of Asian American Intermarriage
American Families
Normative Beliefs about Marriage and Cohabitation
Patterns of Ethnic Marriage in the United States
Measures of Assimilation in the Marriage Market
Local Marriage Markets and the Marital Behavior of Black and White Women
Second-generation decline
Measuring Marital Assimilation
| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,83 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2026 (24) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |