Title: Interracial marriage in the United States - Wikipedia
Headings: Interracial marriage in the United States
Interracial marriage in the United States
Contents
Historical background
Academic researches
Cultural aspects
Socio-economic aspects
Marital stability
Census Bureau statistics
2008 Pew Research Center Report
2010 Pew Research Center Report
Interracial marriage by pairing
Asian and White
Black and White
Native American and Asian
Asian and Black
Native American and White
Native American and Black
Public opinion
Relevant fields
Marriage squeeze
Religion and interracial marriage
Immigrants and interracial marriage
Interracial marriage versus cohabitation
See also
References

Content: A woman's race was found to have no effect on the men's choices. Socio-economic aspects
Several studies have found that a factor which significantly affects an individual's choices with regards to marriage is socio-economic status ("SES")—the measure of a person's income, education, social class, profession, etc. For example, a study by the Centre for Behaviour and Evolution, Newcastle University confirmed that women show a tendency to marry up in socio-economic status; this reduces the probability of marriage of low SES men. Research at the universities of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Texas A&M addressing the topic of socio-economic status, among other factors, showed that none of the socio-economic status variables appeared to be positively related to outmarriage within the Asian American community, and found lower-socioeconomically stable Asians sometimes utilized outmarriage to whites as a means to advance social status. Marital stability
A 2008 study by Jenifer L. Bratter and Rosalind B. King conducted on behalf of the Education Resources Information Center examined whether crossing racial boundaries increased the risk of divorce. Using the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth (Cycle VI), the likelihood of divorce for interracial couples to that of same-race couples was compared. Comparisons across marriage cohorts revealed that, overall, interracial couples have higher rates of divorce, particularly for those that married during the late 1980s. The authors found that gender plays a significant role in interracial divorce dynamics: According to the adjusted models predicting divorce as of the 10th year of marriage, interracial marriages that are the most vulnerable involve White females and non-White males relative to White/White couples.