Contribution of social and cultural factors to the decline in consanguinity in South India

Social Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 189-200

  Audinarayana, N ^a   Krishnamoorthy, S ^a  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONSANGUINITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONSANGUINITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0034285577     PISSN: 0037766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.2000.9989018     Document Type: Article

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