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Intermarriage Pattern Among Swedish Immigrants In the US in 1900 and 1910

Schalling, Linda LU (2023) EKHS22 20231
Department of Economic History
Abstract
Intermarriage patterns are often referred to as a step in the social assimilation. However, previous research on is ambiguous in its result concerning differences in intermarriage pattern between genders. According to the theory intermarriage patterns are both influences by preferences and opportunities. This thesis conducts a conditional fixed effects logistic regression to analyses the intermarriage patter among Swedish immigrants in the early twentieth century in the United States and provide insights in how the meaning of the local marriage market and English proficiency differ between men and women. The findings align with previous research on factors associates with intermarriage. Furthermore, the findings suggests that women’s odds... (More)
Intermarriage patterns are often referred to as a step in the social assimilation. However, previous research on is ambiguous in its result concerning differences in intermarriage pattern between genders. According to the theory intermarriage patterns are both influences by preferences and opportunities. This thesis conducts a conditional fixed effects logistic regression to analyses the intermarriage patter among Swedish immigrants in the early twentieth century in the United States and provide insights in how the meaning of the local marriage market and English proficiency differ between men and women. The findings align with previous research on factors associates with intermarriage. Furthermore, the findings suggests that women’s odds of intermarriage increases more when the local marriage market reduces than for men. Women also appears to have lower odds of intermarriage when they lack English proficiency than men. These results highlight the need for further research on other men and women’s differences in factors affecting intermarriage to better understand historical and contemporary intermarriage patterns. (Less)
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author
Schalling, Linda LU
supervisor
organization
course
EKHS22 20231
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Intermarriage, Immigration, Age of Mass Migration, US Census, Sweden
language
English
id
9132989
date added to LUP
2023-09-21 10:37:18
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2023-09-21 10:37:18
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  abstract     = {{Intermarriage patterns are often referred to as a step in the social assimilation. However, previous research on is ambiguous in its result concerning differences in intermarriage pattern between genders. According to the theory intermarriage patterns are both influences by preferences and opportunities. This thesis conducts a conditional fixed effects logistic regression to analyses the intermarriage patter among Swedish immigrants in the early twentieth century in the United States and provide insights in how the meaning of the local marriage market and English proficiency differ between men and women. The findings align with previous research on factors associates with intermarriage. Furthermore, the findings suggests that women’s odds of intermarriage increases more when the local marriage market reduces than for men. Women also appears to have lower odds of intermarriage when they lack English proficiency than men. These results highlight the need for further research on other men and women’s differences in factors affecting intermarriage to better understand historical and contemporary intermarriage patterns.}},
  author       = {{Schalling, Linda}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Intermarriage Pattern Among Swedish Immigrants In the US in 1900 and 1910}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}