Which group is most likely to intermarry with people of other races or ethnicities?

Which group is most likely to intermarry with people of other races or ethnicities?

• A. White women
• B. Black women
• C. Black men
• D. Hispanic men

Answer: (D)

Intermarriage shows how people from different racial or ethnic backgrounds form family ties, reflecting contact, assimilation, and social networks in a society. Hispanic identity is spread across multiple racial backgrounds and tends to be associated with a large, diverse population, which increases opportunities for marriages with people outside the Hispanic group. As communities blend and people partner across lines of race and ethnicity, intermarriage rates rise for this group, and among the groups listed, Hispanics—particularly men—tend to have the highest tendency to partner with someone from another race or ethnicity. This pattern contrasts with other groups where marriages within the same racial or ethnic group have remained more common, even as intermarriage becomes more widespread over time.

Intermarriage shows how people from different racial or ethnic backgrounds form family ties, reflecting contact, assimilation, and social networks in a society. Hispanic identity is spread across multiple racial backgrounds and tends to be associated with a large, diverse population, which increases opportunities for marriages with people outside the Hispanic group. As communities blend and people partner across lines of race and ethnicity, intermarriage rates rise for this group, and among the groups listed, Hispanics—particularly men—tend to have the highest tendency to partner with someone from another race or ethnicity. This pattern contrasts with other groups where marriages within the same racial or ethnic group have remained more common, even as intermarriage becomes more widespread over time.