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1. Trends and patterns in intermarriage
In 1967, when miscegenation laws were overturned in the United States, 3% of all newlyweds were married to someone of a different race or ethnicity. Since then, intermarriage rates have…
Among Asian newlyweds, these gender differences exist for both immigrants (15% men, 31% women) and the U.S. born (38% men, 54% women). While the gender gap among Asian immigrants has remained relatively stable, the gap among the U.S. born has widened substantially since 1980, when intermarriage stood at 46% among newlywed Asian men and 49% among newlywed Asian women.
What’s interesting is that it seems in 1980 asian men and women were almost just as likely to outmarry as each other, however now Asian men outmarry less and Asian women outmarry more.
Also WMAF couples make up 25% of interracial marriages while Asian women only make up 8% of all married women
