Asians say no to mixed marriage: Survey

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According to the survey, 44 percent of Asians would marry only from the same race compared with 9 percent of white participants. Among the Asian communities, the percentage of Gujaratis marrying within the community was the highest.

However, 53 percent of Britons with Asian origins said they would not mind a mixed-race marriage, compared to 87 percent for whites.

However, when it came to making friends, the Asians showed a broader outlook: fewer than a third of Asian participants (31 percent) said "all or most" of their friends were from the same race, compared with more than two-thirds of white people (69 percent).

But when it came to dating, nearly half (47 percent) of Asians would not date a white person, while more than half of young Asians (56 percent) would not consider dating a black person.

Young Asians also appeared to have a very different approach towards understanding homosexuality - 44 percent of them thought it immoral compared with eight percent of young white people.

The survey was carried out for 'Asian Nation' - a series of programs and reports on BBC Asian Network which is being broadcast to mark the 60th anniversary of the Independence of India and Pakistan this August. The study was carried out to gain an insight into the mindset of young British Asians in the UK today.

In the survey, "Asian" refers to people identifying themselves as Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi or Sri Lankan. The survey probed 500 people aged under 34 living in UK who had roots in South Asia.