Intermarriage, Ethnic Identity, and Perceived Social Standing Among Asian Women in the United States

Bibliographic Data

ID2283153
AuthorsJuan Chen (0000-0002-1038-4162, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, corresponding author), David Takeuchi (0000-0003-2315-1373, University of Washington), David T Takeuchi
Year2011
Volume73
Issue4
Pages876-888
Publication date2011-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Marriage and the Family (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-2445 • E-ISSN: 1741-3737
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1741-3737.2011.00853.x
OpenAlexW2032891701
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited47

This study investigates the consequences of Asian women's intermarriage—whether it is associated with higher social standing and lower ethnic identity, using data on Asian women (N = 589) from the National Latino and Asian American Survey (NLAAS). The socioeconomic status of partners of women who intermarried and partners of women who married men of the same ethnicity are compared. The potential associations between intermarriage and two subjective measures—ethnic identity and perceived social standing—are explored. The study rejects the hypothesis based on the conventional belief that Asian women in the United States find “better” partners with higher socioeconomic status from other racial or ethnic groups. The findings support the view that marital assimilation leads to identificational assimilation and demonstrate that intermarriage is not associated with higher perceived social standing. The results suggest that educational and occupational endogamy plays a larger role in Asian women's intermarriage than social exchange

Ethnic group · Identity (music · Social group · Social identity theory · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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