Ethnic Intermarriage in Australia, 1950-52 to 1980-82: Models or Indices?
Gray has recently proposed a theory of intermarriage in which two factors jointly determine in-marriage rates among the members of different birthplace groups. These two factors are opportunity and preference. McCaa has since criticised Gray's proposal for failing to isolate the effects of group size (market representation) from those of preference. I present further arguments relevant to this discussion, and deploy log-linear models of in-marriage and bilateral exchanges to illustrate the advantages of a model-based approach.
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: Department of Sociology, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University
Publication date: 01 March 1991
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