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Interracial Marriage: Social Connection, Marital Conflict and Divorce

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Introduction

Rates of intermarriage have increased in the United States, especially since legal barriers were removed in 1967. Using census data, Stevens and Tyler (1998) estimate that the percentage of all marriages which were interracial (not including Hispanics as a seperate category) increased from .4 percent in 1960 to 2.9 percent in 1990.

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