Risk, trust, gender and transnational cousin marriage among British Pakistanis
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Drivers of Cousin Marriage among British Pakistanis
BACKGROUND/AIM Why has the apparently high rate of cousin marriage among Bradford Pakistanis been sustained, 50 years since Pakistani migration to Britain began? METHODS A review of the anthropological literature on Pakistani migration and settlement, British Pakistani marriage patterns and the phenomenon of transnational marriage. RESULTS British Pakistanis are diverse in regional origins ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ethnic and Racial Studies
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0141-9870,1466-4356
DOI: 10.1080/01419870701599549