The recent trend of ethnic intermarriage in China: an analysis based on the census data

Background: Across most Western societies, trends towards increased ethnic intermarriage have been observed across the second half of the 20th century. Whether such trends hold across the multi-ethnic society of Russia is not known.Objective: We describe levels and trends in ethnic intermarriage rates in four highly different regions of Russia.Methods: We analyse census data from Moscow, Kazan, Makhachkala, Vladikavkaz, calculate odds ratios for ethnic intermarriage and fit log-linear and log-multiplicative models to test for trends in intermarriage. We use age as a proxy for marriage/cohabitation cohorts. Results: We find no change in ethnic intermarriage in Moscow, but more intermarriage in younger cohorts in the other three cities. However, in Kazan and Vladikavkaz the trend is towards more intermarriage between Russians and Tatars, and between Russians and Ossetians, respectively, while in Makhachkala, where there are few ethnic Russians, the trend is towards more intermarriage between indigenous Muslim peoples. Conclusions: Levels and trends in ethnic intermarriage vary substantially throughout Russia by locality and ethnic group. There is no evidence for a trend towards increased intermarriage in Moscow. Contribution: We provide new insight into ethnic intermarriage in Russia. More generally, our study highlights how trends in intermarriage can vary within a society, and how the local, historic context may play an important role.

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Spouse Selection among the Children of European Immigrants: A Comparison of Marriage Cohorts in the 1960 Census

International Migration Review ◽

10.1177/019791839302700103 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

pp. 51-78 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Matthijs Kalmijn

Keyword(s):

Second Generation ◽

Census Data ◽

National Origin ◽

Educational Homogamy ◽

European Americans ◽

European Immigrants ◽

Origin Group ◽

Ethnic Intermarriage ◽

National Boundaries ◽

Spouse Selection

This article uses 1960 census data to describe patterns of spouse selection among the native-born children of European immigrants. The analysis builds on previous studies of ethnic intermarriage, but is new in that it focuses specifically on the second generation. In addition, it considers intermarriage as a multidimensional phenomenon and evaluates how the relative importance of national and educational boundaries in marriage choice has changed. Comparisons of synthetic marriage cohorts suggest that second generation European Americans marry increasingly into the native stock, they marry increasingly out of their national origin group, and the national boundaries that separate them have become weaker over time. At the same time, it is found that educational homogamy has increased across cohorts. More generally, changes in the marital assimilation of the second generation can be characterized as a shift from national origins to education. Methodologically, the study is novel in that multidimensional logmultiplicative models of association are used as a new way of measuring marriage distances between groups.

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Trends in Asian American Racial/Ethnic Intermarriage: A Comparison of 1980 and 1990 Census Data

Sociological Perspectives ◽

10.2307/1389480 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 41 (2) ◽

pp. 323-342 ◽

Cited By ~ 47

Author(s):

Sharon M. Lee ◽

Marilyn Fernandez

Keyword(s):

Ethnic Groups ◽

Asian Americans ◽

Asian American ◽

Social Distance ◽

Intergroup Relations ◽

Census Data ◽

Asian Population ◽

Ethnic Intermarriage ◽

Racial Ethnic

In this paper, we use data from the 1990 census to compare patterns of Asian American intermarriage with those reported by Lee and Yamanaka (1990). Lee and Yamanaka (1990) used data from the 1980 census to examine patterns of Asian American racial and ethnic intermarriage. They reported that one- quarter of married Asian Americans were outmarried; of these, 90% were married to non-Asians. Variations by gender and nativity were also observed. Women and the native-born were more likely to be outmarried. We expect to see a decline in Asian American intermarriage since 1980 because of high levels of immigration, growth of the Asian population, and increased social distance between Asian Americans and Whites. Our main findings show that: (i) the overall outmarriage rate has declined; (ii) Asian American inter-ethnic marriages (that is, marriages between two Asian Americans of different Asian ethnicities) have increased; and (iii) social distance, measured by an Index of Intermarriage Distance, between Asian Americans and other racial and ethnic groups has widened. We conclude by discussing some implications of the findings for the role of racial and ethnic intermarriage as an indicator of intergroup relations.

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Modelling In-Patient Bed Usage Behaviour in a Department of Geriatric Medicine

Methods of Information in Medicine ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1634894 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 32 (01) ◽

pp. 79-81 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

P. Millard ◽

S. McClean

Keyword(s):

Census Data ◽

Geriatric Medicine ◽

Temporal Trends ◽

Exponential Model ◽

Bed Occupancy ◽

Lengths Of Stay ◽

Geriatric Hospital ◽

Using Data ◽

Acute Patients

Abstract:The flow of patients through geriatric hospitals has been previously described in terms of acute and long-stay states where the bed occupancy at a census point is modelled by a mixed exponential model. Using data for sixteen years the model was fitted to successive annual census points, in order to provide a description of temporal trends. While the number of acute patients has remained fairly stable during the period, the model shows that there has been a decrease in the number of long-stay patients. Mean lengths of stay in our geriatric hospital before death or discharge have decreased during the study period for both acute and long-stay patients.Using these fits of the mixed exponential model to census data, a method is provided for predicting future turnover of patients. These predictions are reasonably good, except when the turnover patterns go through a period of flux in which assumption of stability no longer holds. Overall, a methodology is presented which relates census analysis to the behaviour of admission cohorts, thus producing a means of predicting future behaviour of patients and identifying where there is a change in patterns.

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Recent Trend in Prenatal Genetic Amniocentesis on 31,615 cases in Korea: Single Center Experience from 1994–2007 – Recent Trend in Prenatal Genetic Amniocentesis in Korea

Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound ◽

10.1055/s-2008-1080817 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 29 (S 2) ◽

Author(s):

SH Han ◽

YH Yang ◽

A Lee ◽

KP Lee ◽

KR Lee

Keyword(s):

Recent Trend ◽

Single Center ◽

Single Center Experience ◽

Genetic Amniocentesis

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The Impact of a Potential Public/Private Initiative on a Defined Region of the South Suburban Chicago Metropolitan Area

International Journal of Business and Applied Social Science ◽

10.33642/ijbass.v5n2p2 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 14-32

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Economic Impact ◽

Impact Analysis ◽

Census Data ◽

Economic Benefits ◽

Local Economy ◽

Market Area ◽

State And Local ◽

The University ◽

The Impact

The university is considered one of the engines of growth in a local economy or its market area, since its direct contributions consist of 1) employment of faculty and staff, 2) services to students, and supply chain links vendors, all of which define the University’s Market area. Indirect contributions consist of those agents associated with the university in terms of community and civic events. Each of these activities represent economic benefits to their host communities and can be classified as the economic impact a university has on its local economy and whose spatial market area includes each of the above agents. In addition are the critical links to the University, which can be considered part of its Demand and Supply chain. This paper contributes to the field of Public/Private Impact Analysis, which is used to substantiate the social and economic benefits of cooperating for economic resources. We use Census data on Output of Goods and Services, Labor Income on Salaries, Wages and Benefits, Indirect State and Local Taxes, Property Tax Revenue, Population, and Inter-Industry to measure economic impact (Implan, 2016).

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