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Marital Dissolution Among Interracial Couples
Article first published online: 27 JAN 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00582.x
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Zhang, Y. and Van Hook, J. (2009), Marital Dissolution Among Interracial Couples. Journal of Marriage and Family, 71: 95–107. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00582.x
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Pennsylvania State University.
This article was edited by Velma McBride Murry.
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- Issue published online: 27 JAN 2009
- Article first published online: 27 JAN 2009
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Keywords:
- culture;
- dissolution;
- ethnicity;
- interracial;
- marriage;
- race;
- stability
Increases in interracial marriage have been interpreted as reflecting reduced social distance among racial and ethnic groups, but little is known about the stability of interracial marriages. Using six panels of Survey of Income and Program Participation (N = 23,139 married couples), we found that interracial marriages are less stable than endogamous marriages, but these findings did not hold up consistently. After controlling for couple characteristics, the risk of divorce or separation among interracial couples was similar to the more-divorce-prone origin group. Although marital dissolution was found to be strongly associated with race or ethnicity, the results failed to provide evidence that interracial marriage per se is associated with an elevated risk of marital dissolution.