Thirty Years of Consanguineous Marriages in Pakistan

Almost half of all marriages in Pakistan are consanguineous. Despite its high prevalence, little is known about the change over time consanguineous unions Pakistan. Examining patterns cousin particularly important given substantial improvement women’s education which often associated with decline across world. Our analysis, based on four waves nationally representative Demographic and Health Surveys - PDHS (1990-91, 2006-07, 2012-13, 2017-18), shows that prevalence remains stable time. Further, negatively marriages. Hypergamous (husband more educated than her wife) prevalent, but a consistent rise educational hypogamy (wife husband) observed during this The results show likely to be hypogamous non-consanguineous Moreover, contraceptive use lower among women unions. An inverse relationship has been found between mean fertility Women have fewer children Overall, consanguinity stable, there no evidence societal changes such as urbanization led