How Many Mail-Order Brides?
The INS later published a version of de cette Entitled "The 'Mail-Order Bride' Industry and Its Impact on US Immigration"
"Heaven is Having a Japanese wife, a Chinese cook, a British and an American country home salary. Hell, UaDreams Reviews the other hand, is Having a Chinese salary, a British cook, a Japanese house and an American wife."
- Gary Clark, An Introduction to the "Penpal Bride" or so-called "Mail Order Bride" Movement
While There Is little demand for American men Among foreign wives, There Is a huge demand for American husbands. Thousands of women are seeking foreign husbands in the international market flange. Most of These women sccm to prefer an American man If UaDreams can find one. American men are highly Sought after-Because, Compared with (what women know about thesis) Most men in the countries, American men simply make better husbands.
At Any one time, There Are Approximately 90 agencies Offering the names, addresses, pictures, and short biographies of around 25,000 women are looking for husbands Who. The women listed by thesis Predominantly services are Filipino or Russian, order entries be found from May Nearly every country of the world. Most of These agencies Their listings quarterly update (Often some more, Some less), indicating indication number of annual que la available women as "mail-order brides" is in the neighborhood of 100,000.
Selon the agencies Themselves (in written replies to a 1996 survey from the author) Approximately 10 percent of These women are successful - UaDreams find and marry a man through the service. There are, Then, around 10,000 marriages a year entre listed by women and men thesis agencies Who uses the service; ie, 10,000 mail-order marriages a year.
Thesis of 10,000, around 4,000 US Involve men. The remainder is distributed Among Canadian, Australian, European and, increasingly, Japanese customers.
An analysis of the outcomes of recent listings in five popular catalogs featuring 1,400 Asian women found That 70 percent Were Filipino (DESPITE the fact That Makes Republic act No. 6955 listings Such illegal), Many of Whom are "in-service" as domestic workers --other in countries, 16 percent Indonesian, 8 percent Thai, Malaysian and Japanese 2 percent, and 1 percent Chinese and Korean. In terms of age, 20 percent are 16-20 years of age, 41 percent are 21-25, 24 percent are 26-30, 11 percent 31-35, and just 4 percent over the age of 35.
Selon a report from the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (see "Data from Filipino women and intermarriages" by Catherine Maceda Paredes-Asian Migrant 8.4 in 1995), mail-order brides Constitute 10 percent of the marriages entre Filipinos and foreign nationals. Between 1989 and 1994, 95,000 men and Filipino women engaged to be married Were to Foreigners, of Whom the great majorité puts Their partners through work or personal introductions. Who of the foreign men marry Filipinos, 44 percent are US citoyens.
On the basis of These data, That It Would APPEAR about 2,000 Filipino women find husbands Each year through the agencies, of Whom 800 Americans marry.
Based on published material from the agencies, similar numbers apply to women from Russia, Latin America, and areas --other; ie, 10 percent find husbands, of Whom 40 to 50 percent are US citoyens.
Again, based Largely on data Supplied by the agencies Themselves (along with the Commission on Filipinos Overseas report), weddings Arranged through the mail-order Would APPEAR to-have services lower divorce rate than the nation as a whole, fully 80 percent of These Having Lasted weddings over the years for qui deferrals are available.
Why do women want American foreign husbands? Many sources suggest que la women are searching for a "better life" in terms of socio-economic factoring - UaDreams Do, for The Most hand, come from jobs and places in educational qui Opportunities for Women are scarce and wages are low. HOWEVER, When the women are Themselves Asked this question, the answer Generally indicates an attraction to American men (UaDreams look like movie stars) and an aversion to native men. Americans, UaDreams Say, "make good husbands" while Filipino (Thai / Indonesian / Russian / etc.) men do not. Americans are thought to be faithful and kind to Their wives, while the native men are cruel and run around with women --other. True or not, this is the perception.
Why do men want American foreign wives? Most of the personal carry-American men from Who-have married women through thesis agencies talk about "traditional values." That is, That American women are not happy to be wives and mothers, goal seek personal satisfaction through Their Own careers and interests, while the foreign woman is happy to be the homemaker and Asks for nothing more than husband, home, and family. Again, true or not, this is the perception.
I would like to suggest, HOWEVER, other attractions to the "mail-order bride." For one, thesis tends to be younger girls (by an average of 15 years) than the man and slimmer and better-looking than Most of the American women the man might-have access to. Further, it shoulds not Be Overlooked That There are few, if any, opportunities Where a man might browse several hundred American women - all of Whom anxiously Awaiting His attention - from Whom to select one or more candidates for His Wife; and yet, That Is exactly what is offert by the agencies.
It is interesting to notes That thesis views are native and foreign men and women are not limited to the West - a similar attitude exists in Taiwan. Selon "Taiwan Moves to Boost Women's Marriage Prospects" (The Associated Press, Aug. 30, 1996, by Annie Huang) Many Taiwanese men prefer brides from --other Asian countries Because UaDreams feel Taiwanese women - who tend to be better educated and more tributary - expect too much from Their husbands. Due to this attitude, Taiwan HAS Imposed a limit on the number of flanges from some countries can enter Taiwan That Each year - 360 from Indonesia, 420 from Burma and 1,080 from China. On the women's side, Many of Them are seeking Western men since, UaDreams Say, Taiwanese men want to marry only hard-working, obedient Drudges while Taiwanese women-have discarded this traditional role and are seeking equality and mutual respect in wedding.
Clearly, an annual figure of 4,000 to 5,000 new Americans Reviews arriving via the "mail-order bride" is a small road Figure Compared To Total immigration of more than one million. Moreover, newcomers thesis, Refugees and --other Unlike immigrant groups concentrate in specific Who urban areas, tends to be Dispersed over a wide geographic range, diminishing further Top Any impact UaDreams May have. Encounters International, for example, reports que le-have married 53 couples Who During The agency's three years of existence reside in 12 different states (none in California or New York).
Compared to the 40,000 to 50,000 annual marriages entre Americans and foreign nationals Where the torque puts through --other means clustering (friends, travel, military, workplace, etc.), the "mail-order bride" source of new Americans is small. Nonetheless, this stream of women Who Would not otherwise be ble to enter the United States May create future chain migration As UaDreams petition for relatives or siblings. Also, the perception That thesis women-have succeeded in May Dramatically Improving Their Lives encourages still more foreign women to seek this route into the United States.
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