Interracial and Interethnic Marriages: Given Recent History, Have Things Been Getting Better? Published in December 2025 Social Work Research
Interracial and interethnic marriages have been increasing in the United States, growing from 7.4 percent in 2000 to 10.2 percent by 2016. Given the growing number of such marriages, more research is needed to inform social work practice, policy, and programming to effectively serve these couples, and their multiracial families. The current research reports on findings from a 2022 survey of 413 partners in interracial or interethnic marriages. Respondents were asked whether over the past five years they felt things have been getting better, about the same, or worse for intermarried couples in our society.
Interracial and Interethnic Marriages: Given Recent History, Have Things Been Getting Better? Published in December 2025 Social Work Research, https://academic.oup.com/swr/article-abstract/48/4/229/7829602?redirectedFrom=fulltext