Consanguineous marriages have a high prevalence among Muslim-majority countries, and the ratio is increasing in Saudi population [1]. Nowadays, more than half of all the marriages in Saudi Arabia are marriages between cousins [2]. Different types of consanguineous marriages exist, such as marriage between first cousins, which is the most common one, marriage between second cousins, and marriage...

Policies to promote marriage are controversial, and it is unclear whether they are successful. To analyze such policies, one must distinguish between a marriage that is created by a marriage-promoting policy (marginal marriage) and a marriage that would have been formed even in the absence of a state intervention (average marriage). We exploit the suspension of a cash-on-hand marriage subsidy i...

Turkish law is applied for all marriage procedures of asylum-seekers, refugees and stateless persons to be conducted in Turkey. Under law, a national an asylum-seeker, refugee or person, two asylum-seekers different nationalities, can married by the authorities. All marriages carried out authorities are subject Civil Code related regulations. Marriages officers at Marriage Departments municipal...

One of the development problems that still occurs in Indonesia is high number child marriages. From average figure 9.23 percent 2021, it has to be lowered achieve target 8.74 2024. This paper aims look at marriages per province Indonesia, because impact on labor, not completing school, as well policy implications. The results obtained from literature study show 2021 there are 22 provinces have ...

In spite of an influx of Western propaganda concerning the superiority of marriages based on love, a 1994 opinion poll of 1715 adults in 5 urban centers in India found that 74% of men and women believe arranged marriages are more likely to succeed. Self-arranged marriages without the consent or participation of parents are rejected by most Indians due to the isolation from family support that ...