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- Title
New Trends in Black American Interracial Marriage: The Social Structural Context.
- Authors
Tucker, M. Belinda; Mitchell-Kernan, Claudia
- Abstract
The article presents a discussion on new trends in Black American inter-racial marriage. Current rates of inter-marriage differ dramatically on the basis of both region (rates are substantially higher in the West) and gender (substantially higher among men). The article addresses the underlying demographic correlates of inter-racial marriage as distinct among black women and men in a western location. Logistic regression analyses indicated that the structural correlates were nearly identical for men and women: the inter-racially married tended to be younger, more likely to have been married before, and more distant in age from their spouses (that is, both younger and older). Furthermore, persons born in the North (both northeast and north central regions) and in foreign countries were more likely to be married to non-blacks, which seemingly indicates that moves away from communities of origin to environments that are relatively tolerant regarding race facilitate inter-racial marriage. Findings are interpreted as indicative of the strength of social control in mate selection.
- Subjects
UNITED States; INTERRACIAL marriage; MARRIAGE of African Americans; INTERMARRIAGE; INTERRACIAL couples; ETHNIC groups
- Publication
Journal of Marriage & Family, 1990, Vol 52, Issue 1, p209
- ISSN
0022-2445
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/352851