¿Y en qué lugar se enamoró de ti? Inmigración internacional y endogamia conyugal

Abstract

The objective of this paper is twofold. First, it examines endogamy rates among international migrants who were not in union at the time of arrival to Spain. Second, it compares endogamy levels for different ages at arrival and partnership status at arrival. Data come from the National Immigrant Survey (2007). Results show that endogamy rates vary by country of birth. Immigrants from Africa are the most endogamous, followed by East European and Latin-American men. Conversely, more than 50% of women from these two regions are married or cohabit with a Spanish man. Almost 4 out of 5 immigrants from the EU15 are in union with a Spanish partner. The analysis show that endogamy rates depend on the specification of unions. Age at arrival can be used as a selection criterion when the partner status at the time of arrival is not available. At younger ages, migrants are less likely to be in union.

Key words: international migration; marriage; family.