Population
Volume 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 239-268

Intermarriage and assimilation: Disparities in levels of exogamy among immigrants in France (Article)

Safi M.*
  • a Observatoire Sociologique du Changement, Sciences-Po/CNRS, Laboratoire de Sociologie Quantitative, 27 rue Saint-Guillaume, 75337 Paris Cedex 07, France

Abstract

This article analyses the marriage behaviour of immigrants using data from the INSEE Permanent Demographic Sample that span an extended period (1968-2000). The explanatory factors of exogamy are examined in an analysis that includes individual and contextual variables. The comparison between the labour market situation of immigrant groups and their greater or lesser propensity to exogamy is used to test certain theoretical perspectives that attribute a central role to intermarriage in the assimilation process. By emphasizing the analytical complexity of exogamy and the broad diversity of modes of immigrant integration, the findings suggest that these hypotheses may need to be qualified.

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Index Keywords

comparative study Acculturation Eurasia multiculturalism Western Europe Europe France marriage racial disparity immigrant population
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DOI: 10.3917/pope.802.0239
ISSN: 16342941
Cited by: 23
Original Language: English