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Co-ethnic marriage versus intermarriage among immigrants and their descendants : a comparison across seven European countries using event-history analysis

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18/09/2018
Author
Hannemann, Tina
Kulu, Hill
Rahnu, Leen
Puur, Allan
Hărăguș, Mihaela
Obućina, Ognjen
González Ferrer, Amparo
Neels, Karel
Van den Berg, Layla
Pailhé, Ariane
Potârcă, Gina
Bernardi, Laura
Keywords
Marriage
Migrants
Second generation
Comparative studies
Europe
HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
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BACKGROUND Immigrants and their descendants often marry a co-ethnic partner despite the abundance of native-born marriage candidates. The prevalence of co-ethnic marriages and intermarriage among migrants is influenced by their integration level and cultural background as much as individual preferences and structural factors. OBJECTIVE This paper expands existing literature on intermarriage by analysing first marriages across European countries, distinguishing marriage type (endogamous versus exogamous) and migrant generations (immigrants versus their descendants). METHODS Data from seven countries was aggregated using the count-data method and was subsequently pooled and analysed together; first, to estimate unadjusted first marriage rates; second, to calculate marriage risks separately by marriage type; and, finally, to directly compare the risk of exogamous and endogamous marriage. RESULTS There are substantial differences in the prevalence of co-ethnic marriage and intermarriage across the migrant groups. Migrants from non-EU countries often show a high prevalence of co-ethnic marriages and a low risk of intermarriage, whereas migrants from neighbouring countries show a relatively high risk of intermarriage. CONCLUSIONS Ethnic background and early socialisation have strong impacts on the partner choice of migrants and their descendants. The results suggest a strong influence of minority subcultures for some migrant groups, but also intergenerational adaptation processes for others.
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Hannemann , T , Kulu , H , Rahnu , L , Puur , A , Hărăguș , M , Obućina , O , González Ferrer , A , Neels , K , Van den Berg , L , Pailhé , A , Potârcă , G & Bernardi , L 2018 , ' Co-ethnic marriage versus intermarriage among immigrants and their descendants : a comparison across seven European countries using event-history analysis ' , Demographic Research , vol. 39 , 17 , pp. 487-524 . https://doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2018.39.17
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Demographic Research
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Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2018.39.17
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1435-9871
Type
Journal article
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© 2018 Tina Hannemann et al. This open-access work is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Germany (CC BY 3.0 DE), which permits use, reproduction, and distribution in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are given credit. See https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/legalcode.
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The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement no. 320116 for the research project FamiliesAndSocieties.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/16045

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