Opposites attract. Unions between majority natives and marriage migrants in Sweden : L’attraction des opposés. Mariages entre Suédois(es) et personnes qui migrent en Suède pour se marier

Abstract

Marriage with the prospect of migration may lead to new patterns of union formation in globalized marriage markets. Annika Elwert looks at characteristics and marriage patterns of majority natives who are in unions with immigrants who either lived in the country before union formation or migrated around the time of marriage, and gives insights about majority natives’ openness towards different immigrant groups in the marriage market