Because of the long presence of U.S. soldiers in Asia, war-bride marri
ages involving servicemen and Asian women have been formed throughout
the century. The literature, however, contains little empirically soun
d information on Asian war brides. This analysis develops a methodolog
y to identify war brides and applies it to estimate the number of war
brides from the six major Asian groups, using the national 1980 Public
Use Microdata Sample. Further analysis comparing Asian war brides wit
h other groups of Asian wives tends to support the traditional and low
er socioeconomic images commonly associated with Asian war brides.