Drivers of cousin marriage among British Pakistanis

Human Heredity

Volumn 77, Issue 1-4, 2014, Pages 26-36

  Shaw, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British Pakistanis; Cousin marriage; Migration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MIGRATION; PAKISTAN; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNICITY; FAMILY; MARRIAGE; PAKISTANI; SPOUSE; CONSANGUINITY; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CONSANGUINITY; CULTURE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; PAKISTAN; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84904891507     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: 14230062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000358011     Document Type: Article

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