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The residential segregation of mixed-nativity married couples.
- Source :
- Demography (Springer Nature); Nov2010, Vol. 47 Issue 4, p869-893, 25p, 6 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- This article examines the ways in which mixed-nativity marriage is related to spatial assimilation in metropolitan areas of the United States. Specifically, we examine the residential patterns of households with a mixed-nativity-and, in some cases, interracial-marriage to determine whether they are less segregated from the native-born than entirely foreign-born households. Using restricted-use data from the 2000 census, we find that compared with couples in which both spouses are foreign-born, mixed-nativity couples tend to be less segregated from various native-born racial and ethnic groups. Further, among both foreign-born Asians and Hispanics, those with a native-born non-Hispanic white spouse are considerably less segregated from native-born white households than from other foreign-born Asian and Hispanic households. We also find that even though nativity status matters for black couples in a manner consistent with assimilation theory, foreign-born and mixed-nativity black households still each display very high levels of segregation from all other native-born racial/ethnic groups, reaffirming the power of race in determining residential patterns. Overall, our findings provide moderate support for spatial assimilation theory and suggest that cross-nativity marriages often facilitate the residential integration of the foreign-born. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- DEMOGRAPHIC research
INTERRACIAL marriage -- Social aspects
POPULATION geography
ASSIMILATION (Sociology)
SOCIAL integration
HOUSING research
ACCULTURATION
CLUSTER analysis (Statistics)
COMPARATIVE studies
EMIGRATION & immigration
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL cooperation
POPULATION
RESEARCH
RESEARCH funding
SPOUSES
CITY dwellers
RESIDENTIAL patterns
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
EVALUATION research
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00703370
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Demography (Springer Nature)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 55666947
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03213731