KAZAKHSTAN AND ESTONIA: EVALUATION OF PREFERENCES IN INTERMARRIAGES

Vladimir Kozlov

doi:10.3897/popecon.1.e36033

Population and Economics 1(1): 71-88, doi: 10.3897/popecon.1.e36033

KAZAKHSTAN AND ESTONIA: EVALUATION OF PREFERENCES IN INTERMARRIAGES

Vladimir Kozlov^‡

‡ Institute of Demography at NRU HSE, Russia

Corresponding author: Vladimir Kozlov ( vakozlov@hse.ru )

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Citation: Kozlov V (2017) KAZAKHSTAN AND ESTONIA: EVALUATION OF PREFERENCES IN INTERMARRIAGES. Population and Economics 1(1): 71-88. https://doi.org/10.3897/popecon.1.e36033

Abstract

This paper is devoted to the "ethnic" preferences in partners’ choice for the inter-ethnic marriages inEstoniaandKazakhstan(countries with the share of Russians more than 20% in the total population). As a measure for the preferences the author uses inter-ethnic distance and for the calculation national census data by nationality and marriage status are used.

Keywords

inter-marriage; preferences; ethnic composition