STRUCTURAL AND INDIVIDUAL DETERMINANTS OF OUTMARRIAGE AMONG CHINESE-AMERICANS, FILIPINO-AMERICANS, AND JAPANESE-AMERICANS IN CALIFORNIA

This study combines structural factors of intergroup relations with pe rsonal assimilation factors to examine Asian American intermarriage in California. We conduct a multilevel logistic regression analysis of o utmarriage among Chinese, Filipinos, and Japanese in 14 California met ropolitan statistical areas with high concentrations of Asian American s by using the 1980 Census Public-Use Microdata Sample. The results sh ow that Asian intermarriage is affected by both assimilation and struc tural determinants. Some theoretically unexpected findings are discuss ed that hint at alternative interpretations.