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dc.contributor.authorFeng, Zhiqiang
dc.contributor.authorBoyle, Paul
dc.contributor.authorvan Ham, Maarten
dc.contributor.authorRaab, Gillian M.
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-24T09:01:02Z
dc.date.available2015-04-24T09:01:02Z
dc.date.issued2012-05
dc.identifier.citationFeng , Z , Boyle , P , van Ham , M & Raab , G M 2012 , ' Are mixed-ethnic unions more likely to dissolve than co-ethnic unions? New evidence from Britain ' , European Journal of Population , vol. 28 , no. 2 , pp. 159-176 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10680-012-9259-0en
dc.identifier.issn0168-6577
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 28221055
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 394116e9-d4a9-4429-a885-921f85672900
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000305232900003
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 84862196343
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-2106-0702/work/64697487
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/6565
dc.descriptionThis research is funded by the ESRC under the Understanding Population Trends and Processes (UPTAP) programme (Award Ref: RES-163-25-0045)en
dc.description.abstractThe increasing proportion of ethnic minorities in Britain has been paralleled by an increase in the occurrence of mixed-ethnic marriages between one White partner and an ethnic minority partner. Such marriages are thought to be at higher risk of divorce, but empirical studies so far have been inconclusive. This paper uses the Office for National Statistics longitudinal study for England and Wales to investigate whether mixed-ethnic unions are more likely to end in divorce than co-ethnic unions. We followed married couples in 1991-2001 and examined their risks of divorce. We found evidence that mixed-ethnic unions have a higher risk of dissolution than co-ethnic unions. However, after controlling for partners' characteristics, most importantly the younger ages of people in mixed-ethnic unions, the risk of divorce for mixed-ethnic unions was no longer elevated, but lay close to the higher risk found for the two constituent co-ethnic unions.
dc.format.extent18
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofEuropean Journal of Populationen
dc.rights© Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10680-012-9259-0en
dc.subjectMixed-ethnic unionsen
dc.subjectLongitudinal studyen
dc.subjectDivorceen
dc.subjectConvergence theoryen
dc.subjectHeterogamy effecten
dc.subjectUnions mixtesen
dc.subjectÉtude longitudinaleen
dc.subjectThéorie de la convergenceen
dc.subjectEffet de l’hétérogamieen
dc.subjectGF Human ecology. Anthropogeographyen
dc.subject.lccGFen
dc.titleAre mixed-ethnic unions more likely to dissolve than co-ethnic unions? New evidence from Britainen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorEconomic & Social Research Councilen
dc.description.versionPostprinten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Geography & Sustainable Developmenten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Geography and Geosciencesen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10680-012-9259-0
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.identifier.grantnumberRES-163-25-0045en


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