Ethnic diversity and statistics in East Asia: 'foreign brides' surveys in Taiwan and South Korea

East Asian nations have become increasingly diverse in their ethnic composition since the 1990s. A large proportion of recent immigrants consists of women from China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines, who migrated following their marriage to male citizens from South Korea and Taiwan....

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Published in:Ethnic and racial studies 2010-06, Vol.33 (6), p.1108-1130
Main Authors: Bélanger, Danièle, Lee, Hye-Kyung, Wang, Hong-Zen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asian people
China
Citizens
Content analysis
Cultural Pluralism
Cultures and civilizations
East Asia
Ethnic groups. Acculturation. Cultural identity
Ethnic statistics
Ethnicity
female migrants
Immigrants
Immigration
Interethnic marriages
Marriage
Migrants
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Nationalism
Noncitizens
Peoples Republic of China
Philippines
Qualitative research
Social research
Sociology
South Korea
Statistics
Stereotypes
Surveys
Taiwan
Thailand
Vietnam
Women
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Summary:East Asian nations have become increasingly diverse in their ethnic composition since the 1990s. A large proportion of recent immigrants consists of women from China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines, who migrated following their marriage to male citizens from South Korea and Taiwan. To study this new group of foreign residents, the governments of both Taiwan and South Korea have conducted national surveys since 2000. This paper conducts a content analysis of the questions of these surveys to elaborate a criticism of the ethnic statistics produced from them. These surveys provide relevant information on this group of new residents, but they also have the potential to reinforce existing negative stereotypes due to prior assumptions that shaped the content of questionnaires. The analysis reveals that the production of statistics on migrants is influenced by three ideologies: assimilation, patriarchy and nationalism.
ISSN:0141-9870
1466-4356
DOI:10.1080/01419870903427507