Marrying Up by Marrying Down: Status Exchange between Social Origin and Education in the United States
Intermarriage plays a key role in stratification systems. Spousal resemblance reinforces social boundaries within and across generations, and the rules of intermarriage govern the ways that social mobility may occur. We examine intermarriage across social origin and education boundaries in the Unite...
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| Language: | English |
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Society for Sociological Science
2016-11-01
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| Series: | Sociological Science |
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| Online Access: | https://www.sociologicalscience.com/articles-v3-44-1003/ |