TITLE

Love Is Colorblind . . .Or Is It?

AUTHOR(S)

Gardyn, Rebecca; Lach, Jennifer

PUB. DATE

June 2000

SOURCE

American Demographics;Jun2000, Vol. 22 Issue 6, p11

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Deals with a study conducted by the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research on interracial marriages and cohabitation in the United States. Tendency of Asian women to marry outside their race; Role of gender in decisions to cohabit or marry a partner outside one's race; Percentage of Latino women with Latino husbands.

ACCESSION #

3180598

Tags: INTERRACIAL marriage;  UNMARRIED couples

 

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