A PATH TOWARD INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE: Women's First Partners and Husbands across Racial Lines

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By this author: King, Rosalind Berkowitz ;&nbsp; Bratter, Jenifer L.

Authors: King, Rosalind Berkowitz; Bratter, Jenifer L.

Source: The Sociological Quarterly, Volume 48, Number 2, Spring 2007 , pp. 343-369(27)

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Abstract:

We examine interracial marriage as a culminating event in a sequence of intimate relationships across the life course. Using data from the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth, we analyze the background characteristics associated with selecting a first sex partner and first husband who differ in race/ethnicity from the respondent as well as the continuity across both outcomes. Our results show that respondents' race/ethnicity, parents' education, and region of birth are significant predictors of both choices. Selecting partners across racial lines for first sex is significantly associated with the selection of a first husband across race; the association between both outcomes is particularly strong for non-Hispanic black women, implying that social integration across race may be a life course phenomenon.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1533-8525.2007.00081.x

Publication date: 2007-03-01