Intermarriage in Los Angeles, 1924-33

Bibliographic Data

ID2201386
AuthorsConstantine Panunzio (corresponding author)
Year1942
Volume47
Issue5
Pages690-701
Publication date1942-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/219000
OpenAlexW2073601183
LanguageEN
Citations received21

Los Angeles in recent decades has had a large infiltration of various ethnic elements and a considerable amount of intermarriage. This study examines the intermarriages of the principal ethnic minorities, namely, the Mexicans, Japanese, Filipinos, Chinese, American Indians, and Negroes, for the decade 1924-33. The Mexicans, Filipinos, and American Indians showed a high rate of intermarriage; the Japanese, Chinese, and Negroes a low rate. The study seems to indicate that Los Angeles during the period in question had a higher rate of interracial marriage than comparable areas. This seems to be due to the presence in the community of a relatively high proportion of Mexicans, Filipinos, ana American Indians, who were permitted by law to intermarry with whites. The study also shows that for the most part the sex ratio was responsible for the rate of intermarriage and the culture background determined the sources from which the mates were derived

Chinese americans · Ethnic group · Ethnology · Geography · Sociology · Anthropology · Demography · History · Latin American and Latino Studies · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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