Qian Zhenchao, Lichter Daniel T, Tumin Dmitry
Department of Sociology, Brown University,
Departments of Policy Analysis and Management and Sociology, Cornell University,
J Marriage Fam. 2018 Feb;80(1):271-288. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12423. Epub 2017 Jul 10.
The growing diversity of the U.S. population raises questions about integration among America's fastest growing minority population-Hispanics. The canonical view is that intermarriage with the native-born white population represents a singular pathway to assimilation, one that varies over geographic space in response to uneven local marital opportunities. Using data on past-year marriage from the 2009-2014 , we demonstrate high rates of intermarriage among Hispanics. Our analyses identify whether Hispanics marry co-ethnics, non-co-ethnic Hispanics, non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic blacks, or other minorities. We highlight variation by race, nativity, and socioeconomic status, but also reveal that Hispanics living in new immigrant destinations are more likely to intermarry than those living in traditional Hispanic gateways. Indeed, the higher out-marriage in new destinations disappears when the demographic context of reception is taken into account. Our analysis underscores that patterns of marital assimilation among Hispanics are neither monolithic nor expressed uniformly across geographic space.
美国人口日益增长的多样性引发了关于美国增长最快的少数族裔——西班牙裔群体融合情况的问题。传统观点认为，与本土出生的白人通婚是实现同化的唯一途径，且这一途径会因当地婚姻机会不均而在不同地理区域有所差异。利用2009年至2014年过去一年婚姻情况的数据，我们证明了西班牙裔群体的通婚率很高。我们的分析确定了西班牙裔是与同族人、非同族西班牙裔、非西班牙裔白人、非西班牙裔黑人还是其他少数族裔结婚。我们强调了种族、出生地和社会经济地位方面的差异，但也揭示出，生活在新移民目的地的西班牙裔比生活在传统西班牙裔聚居地的西班牙裔更有可能通婚。事实上，当考虑到接纳地的人口背景时，新目的地较高的异族通婚率就消失了。我们的分析强调，西班牙裔群体的婚姻同化模式既不是单一的，也不是在地理空间上均匀表现的。
