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All in the family? Report finds growing acceptance of interracial marriage in US
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Feb 16, 2012 01:53pm |
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| Author | msnbc.com staff |
| News Date | Thursday, February 16, 2012 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | As the number of interracial marriages in the U.S. continues to rise, so does Americans’ acceptance of them, a new Pew Research Center report finds.
The report, “The Rise of Intermarriage,” analyzed characteristics of people who marry spouses of a different race or ethnicity. It was based on Census data and on findings from nationwide telephone surveys conducted by Pew.
It found that about 15 percent of all new marriages in the United States in 2010 were between spouses of a different race or ethnicity, more than double the share in 1980. The share of intermarriages among all married couples, regardless of when they married, hit an all-time high of 8.4 percent. That’s up from 3.2 percent in 1980. |
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