Who intermarries in Britain? Explaining ethnic diversity in intermarriage patterns

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 275-305

  Muttarak, Raya ^a   Heath, Anthony ^b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Ethnic heterogeneity; Ethnic minority; Intermarriage; Second generation; Segmented assimilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIGRATION; MINORITY GROUP; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; MIGRANT; TRENDS;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MARRIAGE; MINORITY GROUPS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77954200685     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: 14684446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2010.01313.x     Document Type: Article

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