Intermarraige rates of Arab-Americans

[vgambler33]

Intermarriage Rate of Arab Americans

Patterns, determinants, and implications of intermarriage among Arab Americans

Kulczycki, Andrzej et al.

Journal of Marriage & Family. Vol 64(1), Feb 2002, pp. 202-210

Examined Arab American intermarriage using 1990 US Census data. Results indicate high rates of intermarriage consistent with an assimilation perspective. Over 80% of US-born Arabs had non-Arab spouses, implying a diminishing ethnic identification. Logistic regressions show that for both sexes, those with part Arab ancestry, the US born, those with strong English-language ability, and the highly educated were significantly more likely to out-marry, as were Arabs of Lebanese ancestry. It is concluded that the cultural and structural assimilation of Arab Americans is facilitating intermarriage, with indicators of acculturation being the strongest predictors, especially for women. This article further discusses ethnic options for children of intermarried couples. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2002 APA, all rights reserved)

[buddy]

I thought it was interesting how it noted that Lebanese-Americans were the one group of Arabs most likely to outmarry. I certainly think it has much to do with the fact that many Lebanese immigrants to America were Christians.

[tonynatuzzi]

The Lebanese who immigrated to Brazil also largely mixed with the locals as well thats why most of the
9 million Brazilians with Lebanese ancestry are not pure Lebs and most of them who made their way to Brazil were also mostly Christians as well.