| Imprint: |
Bellaterra : Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics, 2009 |
| Description: |
31 pag. |
| Abstract: |
The high rates of Mexican immigration into the United States in recent decades raises questions about marital assimilation and social closure. We use data for approximately two million couples aged 30-39 from the 1980, 1990 and 2000 IPUMS census samples for the USA to analyze the demographic and social dynamics of ethnic endogamy and educational homogamy (N = 2,019,754). Log-linear models leave no doubt that endogamy remains the rule among the Mexican-born, Mexican-origin and Non-Hispanic Whites-both at the national and "local" levels (~2,000 PUMAS). The increase in endogamy among the Mexican-born, while significant, does not portend the emergence of social closure, perhaps not even a trend. Post-secondary education substantially weakens the endogamy rule for all three groups. The gender squeeze (more Mexican born males than females) forces the ruleto be broken in a large fraction of cases. 2010 census microdata will provide an important test of these findings. |
| Note: |
Una versió de l'article es publicarà a la revista Diálogos Latinoamericanos. |
| Rights: |
Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, i la comunicació pública de l'obra, sempre que no sigui amb finalitats comercials, i sempre que es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original. No es permet la creació d'obres derivades.  |
| Language: |
Anglès |
| Series: |
Papers de demografia (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics) ; 354 |
| Document: |
Working paper |
| Subject: |
Mexican immigration ;
USA ;
Mexican Marital Endogamy ;
Educational Homogamy ;
IPUMS |
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