The prevalence and demographic characteristics of consanguineous marriages in Pakistan

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 261-275

  Hussain, R ^a,b   Bittles, A H ^c  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ASIA; BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONSANGUINITY; DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEYS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEYS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; MARRIAGE; MARRIAGE PATTERNS; NUPTIALITY; PAKISTAN; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SLUMS; SOUTHERN ASIA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSANGUINITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0344677188     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932098002612     Document Type: Article

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