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TABLE 3.B2 Intermarriage Rates by Race/Ethnicity and Nativity, 1980, and by Race/Ethnicity, Nativity, and Racial/Ethnic Ancestry, 1990, Aged 20 to 29 Years
1990
Race/Ethnicity
1980
Overall
Single
Multiple
White
Foreign-Born
1.9
2.1
1.8
5.5
Native-Born
1.7
2.0
1.8
4.3
Total
1.7
2.0
1.8
4.4
Asian
Foreign-Born
—
48.0
38.3
91.7
Native-Born
—
79.7
71.6
90.9
Total
48.6
63.7
54.0
91.5
Black
Foreign-Born
—
9.1
7.3
17.1
Native-Born
—
5.4
5.6
6.3
Total
3.1
5.4
5.4
6.8
Hispanic
Foreign-Born
—
18.9
18.3
33.5
Native-Born
—
50.8
45.7
56.0
Total
29.2
37.0
36.2
48.1
Note: rates are shown as the percentage of persons in marital unions who are married to a person of a different race or Hispanic status.—= estimate not made.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census microdata files, 1980 and 1990.
TABLE 3.B3 Exogamy Estimates for Ethnic Groups by Immigrant Generation
Immigrant Generation
Race/Ethnicity
First
Second
Third
Fourth+
White
.10
.09
.08
.08
Asian
.13
.34
.54
.54
Black
.14
.12
.10
.10
Hispanic
.08
.32
.57
.57
Source: Panel estimates using 1990 census microdata and 1994 birth data from the National Center for Health Statistics.
