Intermarriage and Assimilation : Disparities in Levels of Exogamy among Immigrants in France. Safi, M. Population-E, 63(2):239--268, 2008.
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The standard indicators of an immigrant group’s assimilation into its host societies usually include the proportion of intermarriages, i.e. marriages between group members and individuals from outside the group. The higher the level of intermarriage, the more advanced the group’s integration – including in socioeconomic terms – into the host society. Mirna SAFI uses longitudinal data from INSEE’s Permanent Demographic Sample covering an extended period to examine this thesis by comparing the marriage behaviour of various immigrant groups in France – defined by the individuals’ countries of birth – in relation to their degree of socioeconomic integration. The comparison takes into account contextual effects such as the sex ratios, numerical size and degree of geographical segregation of the groups in question. For some highly endogamous groups, it reveals strong socioeconomic integration into French society, whereas for other groups among whom intermarriage is common, the degree of integration remains quite low.
@article{safi_intermarriage_2008,
	title = {Intermarriage and {Assimilation} : {Disparities} in {Levels} of {Exogamy} among {Immigrants} in {France}},
	volume = {63},
	abstract = {The standard indicators of an immigrant group’s assimilation into its host societies usually include the proportion of intermarriages, i.e. marriages between group members and individuals from outside the group. The higher the level of intermarriage, the more advanced the group’s integration – including in socioeconomic terms – into the host society. Mirna SAFI uses longitudinal data from INSEE’s Permanent Demographic Sample covering an extended period to examine this thesis by comparing the marriage behaviour of various immigrant groups in France – defined by the individuals’ countries of birth – in relation to their degree of socioeconomic integration. The comparison takes into account contextual effects such as the sex ratios, numerical size and degree of geographical segregation of the groups in question. For some highly endogamous groups, it reveals strong socioeconomic integration into French society, whereas for other groups among whom intermarriage is common, the degree of integration remains quite low.},
	number = {2},
	journal = {Population-E},
	author = {Safi, Mirna},
	year = {2008},
	keywords = {family, family formation, intermarriage},
	pages = {239--268}
}

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