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

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5958744
AutoresN Audinarayana (autor de correspondencia), Krishnamoorthy, S Krishnamoorthy (Bharathiar University)
Año2000
Volumen47
Número3-4
Páginas189-200
Fecha de publicación2000-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBiodemography and Social Biology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1948-5565 • E-ISSN: 1948-5573
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19485565.2000.9989018
PMID12055694
OpenAlexW2078897286
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas9

The data from the National Family Health Survey, 1992-1993, show that the extent of consanguinity is high (34.7 percent) in South India; 26.2 percent of women married close blood relatives, and 8.5 percent of women married distant blood relatives. A definite downward trend in the proportion of marriages between close blood relatives is observed. Education, age at marriage, religion and caste, and urban-rural childhood residence have significant independent effects on consanguinity. The multinomial logistic regression analysis reveals that in South India the downward trend in the proportion of marriages between close blood relatives is entirely explained by rising age at marriage and women's education over time

Consanguinity · Geography · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Anthropology · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders