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Nonmarital Childbearing and Family Structure Among Asian Americans: The Role of Socioeconomic Status, Ethnicity, and Immigration

Fumiya Uchikoshi, Airan Liu
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences June 2026, 12 (3) 145-171; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2026.12.3.07
Fumiya Uchikoshi
aAcademy Scholar at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, Massachusetts, United States
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bAssociate professor at the Center for Social Research, Guanghua School of Management at Peking University, Beijing, China
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  • Predicted Probabilities of Nonmarital Childbearing for Whites and Four Asian Ethnic Groups by Generational Status Source: NVSS 2015–2019. Note: HS = high school. BA+ = bachelor’s degree or higher.
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    Predicted Probabilities of Nonmarital Childbearing for Whites and Four Asian Ethnic Groups by Generational Status

    Source: NVSS 2015–2019.

    Note: HS = high school. BA+ = bachelor’s degree or higher.

  • Predicted Probabilities of Nonmarital Childbearing for Four Asian Ethnic Groups by Generational Status and Racial Intermarriage Source: NVSS 2015–2019. Note: HS = high school. BA+ = bachelor’s degree or higher.
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    Predicted Probabilities of Nonmarital Childbearing for Four Asian Ethnic Groups by Generational Status and Racial Intermarriage

    Source: NVSS 2015–2019.

    Note: HS = high school. BA+ = bachelor’s degree or higher.

  • Distribution of Family Structure by Race-Ethnicity and Generational Status Source: CPS-ASEC 2013–2024. Note: LTHS = less than high school. HS = high school. SC = some college. BA+ = bachelor’s degree or higher.
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    Distribution of Family Structure by Race-Ethnicity and Generational Status

    Source: CPS-ASEC 2013–2024.

    Note: LTHS = less than high school. HS = high school. SC = some college. BA+ = bachelor’s degree or higher.

  • Predicted Probabilities of Two Married Parents Among Whites and Four Asian Ethnic Groups by Generational Status Source: CPS-ASEC 2013–2024. Note: Error bars indicate 95 percent confidence intervals. Predicted values with fewer than twenty cases are dropped. HS = high school. BA+ = bachelor’s degree or higher.
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    Predicted Probabilities of Two Married Parents Among Whites and Four Asian Ethnic Groups by Generational Status

    Source: CPS-ASEC 2013–2024.

    Note: Error bars indicate 95 percent confidence intervals. Predicted values with fewer than twenty cases are dropped. HS = high school. BA+ = bachelor’s degree or higher.

  • Predicted Probabilities of Family Structure and Racial Intermarriage for Four Asian Ethnic Groups by Generational Status Source: CPS-ASEC 2013–2024. Note: Error bars indicate 95 percent confidence intervals. Predicted values with fewer than twenty cases are dropped. HS = high school. BA+ = bachelor’s degree or higher.
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    Predicted Probabilities of Family Structure and Racial Intermarriage for Four Asian Ethnic Groups by Generational Status

    Source: CPS-ASEC 2013–2024.

    Note: Error bars indicate 95 percent confidence intervals. Predicted values with fewer than twenty cases are dropped. HS = high school. BA+ = bachelor’s degree or higher.

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    • SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND, RACE-ETHNICITY, AND FAMILY INEQUALITY IN THE US
    • SOCIOECONOMIC DISPARITIES IN FAMILY BEHAVIORS AMONG ASIAN AMERICANS
    • DIVERSITY AMONG ASIAN AMERICANS: ETHNICITY, GENERATIONAL STATUS, AND INTERMARRIAGE
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