The Italo-Albanian ethno-linguistic minority, living in 9 provinces of Southern Italy, has shown an increase of intermarriages
with native Italian speaking individuals for the last decades of the 20th century. Marriage data was obtained through direct
interviews of families of primary school students (6–13 years old). The information collected consisted of the birth place
of parents and grandparents of each informant. The percentage values of intermarriages are about 25 in grandparents and 40
in parents.
Key words Marriage structure - Endogamy - Exogamy - Italo-Albanians