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Choosing for the Children: The Affiliation of the Children of Minority -- Majority Group Intermarriages
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European Sociological Review, Vol: 19, Page: 483-499
Publication Date:
2003
Aims & Objectives:
The aim of this study was to examine intergenerational transmission of group affiliation in minority-majority group intermarriages
Abstract:
This paper examines the intergenerational transmission of group affiliation in minority-majority group intermarriages. Two key instances are identified when intermarried parents have to declare the group attachment of their child -- the census of population and choice of school. We examine the choices parents make in the cases of ethno-linguistic intermarriage in Finland and in ethno-religious intermarriage in the Republic of Ireland. A multivariate analysis reveals the decline over time of the effect of the structural factor of regional population composition on the proportion of children recorded as belonging to the minority group. The individual level factor of parental education is increasingly important, with higher educated parents of the minority being more likely to pass on minority group affiliation to their children. These findings are explained in terms of the instrumental benefits which parents, especially higher educated parents, see in the intergenerational transmission of minority group ethnic affiliation. This has implications for the perpetuation of high status for particular ethno-linguistic and ethno-religious minority groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of European Sociological Review is the property of Oxford University Press / UK and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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Study Type:
Study Papers » Case Study » Descriptive Studies - Without a comparision
Notes:
Article 02667215 Accession Number: 12208645; Finnäs, Fjalar 1; Email Address: fjalar.finnas@abo.fi; O'Leary, Richard 2; Email Address: r.oleary@qub.ac.uk; Affiliations: 1: &Aaring;bo Akademi University, Vörãgatan 9, FIN-65 100 Vasa, Finland. 2: School of Sociology abd Social Policy, Queen's University, Belfast BT7 1NN, UK. Source Info: Dec2003, Vol. 19 Issue 5, p483; Thesaurus Term: INTERMARRIAGE; Thesaurus Term: PARENTS; Thesaurus Term: CHILDREN; Thesaurus Term: MINORITIES; Subject Term: MULTIVARIATE analysis; Subject Term: FINLAND; Number of Pages: 17p. Document Type: Article
Categories:
minority-majority group intermarriages
International Classification:
Other - cross-cultural minority-majority group intermarriages
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Geography:
International (Finland)