Title: Study: Interracial marriage, acceptance growing | CNN
Headings: Study: Interracial marriage, acceptance growing
Study: Interracial marriage, acceptance growing
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Content: However, there were some differences. White/Asian newlywed couples had significantly higher median combined annual earnings, at $70,592, than any other pairing. And “when it comes to educational characteristics, more than half of white newlyweds who marry Asians have a college degree, compared with roughly a third of white newlyweds who married whites,” the study said. Hispanic or African-Americans who married whites tended to have higher educational attainment compared to marriages within their own race or ethnic group. Couples formed between an Asian man and a white wife topped the median combined earnings list for the period studied, between 2008 and 2010, with about $71,800, the study said. “ During this person, white male newlyweds who married Asian, Hispanic or black spouses had higher combined earnings than did white male newlyweds who married a white spouse.” Several studies using government data have found overall divorce rates are higher for couples who “married out,” the Pew Center said, “but here, too, the patterns vary by the racial and gender characteristics of the couples. Meanwhile, about 43% of Americans said they believe more intermarriages is a change for the better within society, while only about one in 10 said it was a change for the worse, the Pew Center said. “ Being a minority, younger, more educated, liberal and living in the Eastern or Western states are all traits associated with those who think more positively about intermarriage,” according to the study. More than one-third of adults surveyed said an immediate family member or close relatives is married to someone of a different race, the study said.