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

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5958744
AutoresN Audinarayana (autor correspondente), Krishnamoorthy, S Krishnamoorthy (Bharathiar University)
Ano2000
Volume47
Fascículo3-4
Páginas189-200
Data de publicação2000-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoBiodemography and Social Biology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1948-5565 • E-ISSN: 1948-5573
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19485565.2000.9989018
PMID12055694
OpenAlexW2078897286
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências 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