Neighbourhood ethnic mix and the formation of mixed-ethnic unions in britain: a longitudinal analysis
Neighbourhood ethnic mix and the formation of mixed-ethnic unions in britain: a longitudinal analysis
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英国邻里种族混合和混合种族联盟的形成：纵向分析
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10.1111/geob.12027
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2016
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Feng Z
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Feng Z
尽管发达社会的种族日益多样化，但对混合族裔结合(结婚或同居)的地理位置进行的研究相对较少。最近来自美国的一些证据表明，混血夫妇更有可能出现在混血社区，但这项研究是基于横截面数据。因此，无法确定混血夫妇是否更有可能在混血社区形成，或者他们是否更有可能搬到那里。我们的纵向分析使我们能够梳理出这两个过程的相对重要性，进一步加深了我们对混合民族联盟形成的理解。利用国家统计局纵向研究的数据，我们考察了邻居对英格兰和威尔士混合种族联盟形成的影响。我们发现，混合种族联盟更有可能在同族人口密度较低的社区形成。这项研究的结果支持了接触理论，即地理上与其他民族的接近增进了不同民族之间的相互了解，并可能导致亲密伙伴关系的发展。
Although developed societies are becoming increasingly ethnically diverse, relatively little research has been conducted on geographies of mixed‐ethnic unions (married or cohabiting). There is some recent evidence from the US that mixed‐ethnic couples are more likely to be found in mixed‐ethnic neighbourhoods, but this research is based on cross‐sectional data. Therefore it is not possible to determine whether mixed‐ethnic couples are more likely to form in mixed‐ethnic neighbourhoods or whether they are more likely to move there. Our longitudinal analysis allows us to tease out the relative importance of these two processes, furthering our understanding of the formation of mixed‐ethnic unions. Using data from the Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study we examine neighbourhood effects on the formation of mixed‐ethnic unions in England and Wales. We find that mixed‐ethnic unions are more likely to form in neighbourhoods with low concentrations of co‐ethnic population. The results from this study lend support to the contact theory that geographical proximity to other ethnic groups enhances mutual understanding between people from different ethnic groups and could lead to the development of intimate partnerships.