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Religious Assortative Marriage in the United States aims to formulate and apply to American religious data, macrosociological models of assortative marriage in pluralistic populations. These models postulate that the factors determining assortative marriage are population structure, social divisions, and norms of endogamy. An important application of these models is to counter the ideological assumption, implicit in the popular image of a """"melting pot of nations, """" that the amalgamation of groups in the marriage market is the inevitable outcome of a historical plan of assimilation. The bo.

Religious Assortative Marriage in the United States aims to formulate and apply to American religious data, macrosociological models of assortative marriage in pluralistic populations. These models postulate that the factors determining assortative marriage are population structure, social divisions, and norms of endogamy. An important application of these models is to counter the ideological assumption, implicit in the popular image of a """"melting pot of nations,"""" that the amalgamation of groups in the marriage market is the inevitable outcome of a historical plan of assimilation. The bo