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Originally Posted by ChicagoRon
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In the United States, rates of interracial
cohabitation are significantly higher than those of marriage. Although only 7 percent of married African American men have Caucasian American wives, 13 percent of cohabitating African American men have Caucasian American partners. 25 percent of married Asian American women have Caucasian spouses, but 45 percent of cohabitating Asian American women are with Caucasian American men—higher than the percentage cohabitating with Asian men (44 percent)
[6].
These numbers suggest that the prevalence of intimate interracial contact is greatly underestimated when one focuses only on marriage data Marriage is not a good source.
There are plenty of interracial couples that are dating, living together (co-habitation) etc.