AS AM 2 Lecture 7: Troubled Crossings
14 Jan 2019
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The migration of the poor and desperate after 1990 and 1996. In 1990, roughly 50 international matchmaking organizations were based in the united states. In 2001, there were about 2,700 matchmaking organizations throughout the world. The migration of women from the developing world into the united states and other industrialized nations. By 2000, about 150,000 persons had been granted legal status through marriage with an american citizen or resident. About 100,000 to 150,000 women every year advertise themselves as eligible for marriage. There are as many as 2,000 women per every male customer in this market. Agencies sort through potential brides, then create profiles, including photographs, body measurements, and personal interests. Per marriage, costs range from ,000 to ,000 in the 1990s. An average age of 37; 94% were white; over 75% had college degrees. About 60% had been married at least once. 75% hoped that their marriages with their subsequent spouse would produce children.
