Modernization or cultural maintenance: The practice of consanguineous marriage in Iran

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 911-933

  Jalal Abbasi Shavazi, Mohammad ^a,b   McDonald, Peter ^b   Hosseini Chavoshi, Meimanat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IRAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CHANGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSANGUINITY; CULTURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53149101720     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932008002782     Document Type: Article

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