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Socio-demographic characteristics of intercultural marriage: a study of a multi-ethnic community in Malaysia

Due to increased levels of social contact and loosening of traditional social norms between peoples from different races and religious backgrounds in South East Asia, there has been arise in the prevalence of intercultural marriages over the past fifty years (Hassan &Benjamin, 1973; Djamour, 196...

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Main Authors: Tan, Jo Pei, Baharuddin, Rozumah, Juhari, Rumaya, Krauss, Steven Eric
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Published: EuroJournals 2008
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spelling my.upm.eprints.167492018-01-15T10:00:22Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16749/ Socio-demographic characteristics of intercultural marriage: a study of a multi-ethnic community in Malaysia Tan, Jo Pei Baharuddin, Rozumah Juhari, Rumaya Krauss, Steven Eric Due to increased levels of social contact and loosening of traditional social norms between peoples from different races and religious backgrounds in South East Asia, there has been arise in the prevalence of intercultural marriages over the past fifty years (Hassan &Benjamin, 1973; Djamour, 1965; Kuo & Hassan, 1976). Despite the cultural diversity inMalaysia, systematic research on intercultural marriage, specifically concentrating onintercultural marriages among the Malay Bumiputras (natives), Chinese, Indians and Other Bumiputras and their socio-demographic characteristics, are still lacking. This study thusexplored the socio-demographic characteristics of intercultural marriages among Malay,Chinese, Indian and Other Bumiptura mixed-married couples from Malaysia. Based ondata from 357 mixed-married couples, significant differences were found betweenhusbands’ and wives’ personal characteristics, namely religion-of-origin, current age, age-at-marriage, and personal income. Results from Cramer’s V test of association further showed a significant association between the husband-wife ethnic background and their religion-of-origin, indicating that intercultural marriages in Malaysia also tend to be inter-religious marriages. Findings provide support for the theory of homogeneity and structuraltheory. The paper discusses the impact of ethnic and religious factors on variations insocio-demographic characteristics between intercultural couples. EuroJournals 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16749/1/Socio.pdf Tan, Jo Pei and Baharuddin, Rozumah and Juhari, Rumaya and Krauss, Steven Eric (2008) Socio-demographic characteristics of intercultural marriage: a study of a multi-ethnic community in Malaysia. European Journal of Social Sciences, 5 (4). pp. 30-44. ISSN 1450-2267 http://www.eurojournals.com
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description Due to increased levels of social contact and loosening of traditional social norms between peoples from different races and religious backgrounds in South East Asia, there has been arise in the prevalence of intercultural marriages over the past fifty years (Hassan &Benjamin, 1973; Djamour, 1965; Kuo & Hassan, 1976). Despite the cultural diversity inMalaysia, systematic research on intercultural marriage, specifically concentrating onintercultural marriages among the Malay Bumiputras (natives), Chinese, Indians and Other Bumiputras and their socio-demographic characteristics, are still lacking. This study thusexplored the socio-demographic characteristics of intercultural marriages among Malay,Chinese, Indian and Other Bumiptura mixed-married couples from Malaysia. Based ondata from 357 mixed-married couples, significant differences were found betweenhusbands’ and wives’ personal characteristics, namely religion-of-origin, current age, age-at-marriage, and personal income. Results from Cramer’s V test of association further showed a significant association between the husband-wife ethnic background and their religion-of-origin, indicating that intercultural marriages in Malaysia also tend to be inter-religious marriages. Findings provide support for the theory of homogeneity and structuraltheory. The paper discusses the impact of ethnic and religious factors on variations insocio-demographic characteristics between intercultural couples.
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author Tan, Jo Pei
Baharuddin, Rozumah
Juhari, Rumaya
Krauss, Steven Eric
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Baharuddin, Rozumah
Juhari, Rumaya
Krauss, Steven Eric
Socio-demographic characteristics of intercultural marriage: a study of a multi-ethnic community in Malaysia
author_facet Tan, Jo Pei
Baharuddin, Rozumah
Juhari, Rumaya
Krauss, Steven Eric
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title Socio-demographic characteristics of intercultural marriage: a study of a multi-ethnic community in Malaysia
title_short Socio-demographic characteristics of intercultural marriage: a study of a multi-ethnic community in Malaysia
title_full Socio-demographic characteristics of intercultural marriage: a study of a multi-ethnic community in Malaysia
title_fullStr Socio-demographic characteristics of intercultural marriage: a study of a multi-ethnic community in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Socio-demographic characteristics of intercultural marriage: a study of a multi-ethnic community in Malaysia
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publisher EuroJournals
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