Monden Christiaan W S, Smits Jeroen
Department of Social Cultural Sciences, Tilburg University, PO Box 90153, 5000 LE, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Demography. 2005 May;42(2):323-45. doi: 10.1353/dem.2005.0015.
We gain insight into the dynamics of ethnic intermarriage in times of social change by studying marriages between Latvians and Russians (including Belarussians and Ukrainians) that occurred in Latvia before and after independence from the Soviet Union. Before independence, ethnic intermarriage was already rather common, involving about 17% of the marriages annually. Since independence, intermarriage between Russians and Latvians has increased substantially. Part of this increase can be explained by selective emigration, but at least half of it may be due to integrative processes. Although there were more marriages between Russian men and Latvian women before independence, the gender pattern reversed after independence. Intermarriage levels were the highest among the less educated, children of mixed couples, partners with similar educational levels, and people in the countryside.
通过研究拉脱维亚人同俄罗斯人（包括白俄罗斯人和乌克兰人）在苏联独立前后于拉脱维亚缔结的婚姻，我们得以洞察社会变革时期族际通婚的动态情况。独立前，族际通婚就已颇为常见，每年约占婚姻总数的17%。自独立以来，俄罗斯人与拉脱维亚人之间的通婚大幅增加。这种增长部分可归因于选择性移民，但至少一半可能是由于融合进程。尽管独立前俄罗斯男性与拉脱维亚女性之间的婚姻更多，但独立后性别模式发生了逆转。在受教育程度较低者、混血夫妇的子女、教育水平相似的伴侣以及农村人口中，通婚率最高。
