TY - JOUR
T1 - Early Partner Choices of Immigrants
T2 - The Effect of Preferences, Opportunities and Parents on Dating a Native
AU - van Zantvliet, Pascale I.
AU - Kalmijn, Matthijs
AU - Verbakel, Ellen
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the NORFACE research programme on Migration in Europe – Social, Economic, Cultural and Policy Dynamics.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2015/4/16
Y1 - 2015/4/16
N2 - This study focuses on the partner choices of immigrant adolescents who are involved in a romantic relationship. We formulate hypotheses about the effect of immigrants' preferences, parental influence and structural effects of the school and neighbourhood on the likelihood of dating a native partner versus a non-native partner. Using unique data from the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey in Four European Countries (CILS4EU) which was conducted in over 100 schools in each country among adolescents of around 14-year-old and their parents (n = 1896), we show, first, that more conservative immigrant adolescents are less likely to date a native partner. In addition, parental influence is demonstrated by gender-specific effects of religious background and by positive effects of parents' social and structural integration. Meeting opportunities with natives at school and in the neighbourhood are prominent factors in explaining the choice of dating a native partner.
AB - This study focuses on the partner choices of immigrant adolescents who are involved in a romantic relationship. We formulate hypotheses about the effect of immigrants' preferences, parental influence and structural effects of the school and neighbourhood on the likelihood of dating a native partner versus a non-native partner. Using unique data from the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey in Four European Countries (CILS4EU) which was conducted in over 100 schools in each country among adolescents of around 14-year-old and their parents (n = 1896), we show, first, that more conservative immigrant adolescents are less likely to date a native partner. In addition, parental influence is demonstrated by gender-specific effects of religious background and by positive effects of parents' social and structural integration. Meeting opportunities with natives at school and in the neighbourhood are prominent factors in explaining the choice of dating a native partner.
KW - Adolescence
KW - Dating
KW - Immigrants
KW - Partner Choice
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U2 - 10.1080/1369183X.2014.948391
DO - 10.1080/1369183X.2014.948391
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84937252392
SN - 1369-183X
VL - 41
SP - 772
EP - 794
JO - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
JF - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
IS - 5
ER -