Immigrant Intermarriage

An interesting article on “Intermarriage In The Second Generation: Choosing Between Newcomers And Natives” by Gillian Stevens looks at intermarriage of immigrants in the post-1965 period, a time when a larger proportion of Asians and latina/os have immigrated to the United States than in the past.  In the conclusion, teh article states, in relevant part, that

Intermarriage is often considered to be one of the most important signs of assimilation and integration of immigrant-descent groups for several reasons. First, high levels of intermarriage demonstrate and accelerate the fading of cultural and social boundaries between immigrant descent groups and the larger American population. Second, high levels of intermarriage are also typically accompanied by growing similarities in the educational and labor force achievements of immigrant groups and the larger American population. . . . The data presented here show that the two largest contemporary immigrant descent groups in the United States, Asians and Hispanics, are following the same generational patterns of intermarriage today [as European immigrants of the early twentieth century}.

For the full article, click here.

KJ