Education and Consanguineous Marriage

1 Consanguineous marriage , past and present

Major problems can arise when a term with a quite specific scientific definition becomes part of everyday speech. A prime example of this phenomenon is the word mutation, acknowledged within science as denoting a change in genetic structure and the driving force of evolution. But to members of the general public a mutation almost inevitably denotes a change that is at best disadvantageous and i...

Hearing Impairments in Consanguineous Marriage

Consanguineous marriage is strongly favored in many large human populations. In the most parts of south Asia, consanguineous marriage account for 20%  to over 50% of the general population. The effect of consanguinity on hereditary deafness has been well studied and documented. Many authors have suggested that approximately one half  of sensory neural hearing loss in children can be attributed ...

A Background Summary of Consanguineous Marriage

Consanguineous marriage, reproductive behaviour and postnatal mortality in contemporary Iran.

OBJECTIVES The aims of the study were to determine the prevalence, types and socio-economic correlates of consanguineous marriages in Iran, and to gauge the extent to which consanguinity influenced fertility, pregnancy outcomes and the expression of genetic disorders in the present-day population. METHODS Data on the prevalence of consanguinity and birth outcomes in the first marriages of 5,5...

Consanguineous marriage and differentials in age at marriage, contraceptive use and fertility in Pakistan.

Fertility rates in Pakistan have remained consistently high over the past three decades. While numerous studies have examined sociodemographic determinants, the role of biological factors, and particularly consanguinity, has received little attention, even though marriage between close biological relatives continues to be the norm in Pakistan. Reproductive behaviour among women in consanguineou...