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Partner Choice Patterns Among the Descendants of Turkish Immigrants in Europe
[Schémas de choix du partenaire chez les descendants des immigrants Turcs en Europe]

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  • Doreen Huschek

    (VU University Amsterdam
    Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI))

  • Helga A. G. Valk

    (Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI)
    Interface Demography, Vrije Universiteit Brussels)

  • Aart C. Liefbroer

    (Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI)
    VU University Amsterdam)

Abstract

We examine the partner choice patterns of second-generation Turks in 13 European cities in seven countries. We not only compare intermarriage versus endogamous marriage, but also explicitly include the choice of a second-generation partner of the same origin and of a partner of other migrant origin as important alternatives. In Europe, populations are made up increasingly of migrants and their descendants resulting in new alternative partner options not open before. Findings suggest that second-generation Turks who choose a second-generation partner seem to be located between the partner choice of a first-generation and native partner in terms of family values and contact to non-coethnic peers. The choice of a partner of other migrant origin hardly differs in these characteristics from the choice of a native partner. Context variables such as group size and type of integration policies seem to play a role for the likelihood of having a first-generation versus a second-generation partner of Turkish origin but not for the likelihood of exogamous partner choice. A second-generation partner is the most popular choice in Germany but represents a minor option in the other countries. Furthermore, a partner of other migrant origin is more common among men but is in some countries more popular than a native partner among Turkish second-generation men and women.

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  • Doreen Huschek & Helga A. G. Valk & Aart C. Liefbroer, 2012. "Partner Choice Patterns Among the Descendants of Turkish Immigrants in Europe [Schémas de choix du partenaire chez les descendants des immigrants Turcs en Europe]," European Journal of Population, Springer;European Association for Population Studies, vol. 28(3), pages 241-268, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eurpop:v:28:y:2012:i:3:d:10.1007_s10680-012-9265-2
    DOI: 10.1007/s10680-012-9265-2
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