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The purpose of this study is to describe and contrast the determinants and outcomes of Korean women's interracial marriages in the US. Social scientists in general agree on intermarriage being an indicator of the extent to which minorities have assimilated into the host society. However, very few studies have ever attempted to discern the socioeconomic outcomes of the marriage contracts of minorities. In a multivariate context, this study seeks to fill this information gap and examine the consequences of interracial marriage. In order to investigate the effects of interracial marriage on the socioeconomic well being of individuals, we examine two types of residential outcomes ― homeownership and household overcrowding. We specify a pairwise two-stage probit model, using 5 percent of the US census data(Public Use Micro Sample A) in 1990. The results show that for Korean women married to white American men ― compared to their in-married counterparts ― the probability of living in houses they own increases and living in overcrowded houses decreases. The present study concludes that intermarriage is not only a good means to achieve better socioeconomic status but is also a result of assimilation.
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Korean immigrants; USA; inter-racial marriage; homeownership; household overcrowding; selection model
