Patterns of Inter-Ethnic Marriage in Great Britain

Ethnic intermarriage in Britain: A further assessment

“…This figure offers considerable support for the results derived from both LFS surveys and provides conclusive evidence that the rate of white :non-white marriages in Britain is considerably lower (less than one quarter) than the figures presented in earlier studies (Bagley, 1972;Schaefer, 1980). Table 4 presents the NDHS data on marriages involving at least one person of NCWP ethnic origin, while Table 5 summarizes the main results for men and women of each ethnic group.…”

Racial endogamy in Great Britain: A cross‐national perspective*

“…23 These data are in keeping with the findings of Bagley who used 1969 birth data to arrive at the proportion of interracial marriages. 24 He found endogamy was greatest among Asians followed by West Indians and least among Africans where only 57 per cent of all marriages were endogamous. This leads Bagley to conclude that there is 'considerable amount of interracial and inter-ethnic marriage in Britain' -a correct conclusion if limited to the marriage patterns of the parents of recent British-born children.…”

Family Dynamics Among Immigrants and Their Descendants in Europe: Current Research and Opportunities

“…A large body of literature has examined immigrant-native and inter-ethnic marriages in the U.S. (Alba and Golden 1986;Pagnini and Morgan 1990;Lichter et al 2011). Research has also investigated ethnically mixed marriages in selected European countries (Bagley 1972;Berrington 1994;Coleman 1994;Voas 1998); however, studies using longitudinal data and multivariate models have emerged only in the last decade or so. Most of these studies have examined the role of some of the above-discussed factors in explaining intermarriage in one or another particular context.…”