Population Structure and Genetic Demography Among the Ahalehadie-A Muslim Population of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5198513 |
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| Authors | Narahari, S R Narahari (Andhra University), S Narahari (Andhra University), Shibani, S Shibani (Andhra University) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 197-202 |
| Publication date | 2002-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Human Ecology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0970-9274 • E-ISSN: 2456-6608 |
| Publisher | Kamla Raj Enterprises (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09709274.2002.11905533 |
| OpenAlex | W2186448918 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Demographic data on 240 ever married women of the Ahalehadie muslim population from Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh are presented, The population structure designates the Ahalehadies as potentially young and growing or expanding population with varied infant mortality. High frequency of cross-cousin marriages in consanguinity in the present study show deviation from North Indian Muslims but closest with Hindu castes in Andhra Pradesh, South India. In reproduction, both fertility and mortality are higher in consanguineous than non-consanguineous thereby provide moderate opportunity to Natural Selection to play through mortality component
Biology · Consanguineous Marriage · Consanguinity · Fertility · Geography · Hinduism · Population · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Genetics
| Highly cited | No |
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