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Consanguineous marriage in Jordan

American Journal of Medical Genetics, 1992
AbstractWe conducted a population‐based study of consanguineous marriages in Jordan. About two thousand households were interviewed. First cousin marriages were encountered in 32.03%, second cousin in 6.8%, distant relation in 10.5%, and no relation in 50% of all marriages, respectively.
S A, Khoury, D, Massad
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SURNAME AND CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGES IN JAPAN

Journal of Biosocial Science, 1997
A survey of consanguineous marriages in Japan was conducted on 1 September 1983, by questionnaires. The total number of couples surveyed was 9225. They were chosen from six widely different areas and the inbreeding coefficients from isonymy and pedigrees were estimated for each area.
Y, Imaizumi, R, Kaneko
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Modernization and consanguineous marriage in Beirut

Journal of Biosocial Science, 1986
SummaryRecent data do not demonstrate any trend away from consanguineous marriages in the urban Middle East. The continued observance of this preferential custom may correspond to the persistence of an archaic trait among urban dwellers; if this holds true, then one would expect consanguineous couples to conform more to the traditional family pattern ...
M, Khlat, S, Halabi
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On consanguineous marriages and the genetic load

Human Genetics, 1977
It has been reported that studies of the genetic consequences of inbreeding should adopt a different strategy in populations having a relatively old inbreeding history and where inbreeding levels have varied over time. This contention is tested with a series of 39,495 single-birth records from Bombay, India, collected in a World Health Organization ...
R, Chakraborty, A, Chakravarti
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CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE IN JORDAN: AN UPDATE

Journal of Biosocial Science, 2017
SummaryThis study examined the recent level, trends and determinants of consanguineous marriage in Jordan using time-series data from the Jordan Population and Family Health Surveys (JPFHSs). According to the 2012 JPFHS, 35% of all marriages were consanguineous in Jordan in 2012.
M Mazharul, Islam, Faisal M, Ababneh, Md Hasinur Rahaman, Khan   +2 more
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Consanguineous marriages in the Turkish population

Clinical Genetics, 1988
This study of 55 175 marriages in Turkey, conducted from 1970 to 1987, showed an overall rate of consanguineous marriage of 21.21% (mostly first‐cousin liaisons) and an inbreeding coefficient of 0.0064532. However, considerable differences between areas are apparent.
N, Başaran, B S, Sayli, A, Başaran, M, Solak, S, Artan, J D, Stevenson   +5 more
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The Occurrence of Consanguineous Marriages in Hungary

Human Heredity, 1976
The occurrence of first cousin couples was 2.90/00 in Hungary involving three different population samples (about 2,000, 1,000 and 2,000 women after delivery in the capital, two cities, and a city with agricultural characteristics, respectively).
A, Czeizel, L, Bodnár, G, Illei, A, Molnár   +3 more
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PREVALENCE OF CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGES IN SYRIA

Journal of Biosocial Science, 2009
SummaryConsanguineous marriage is the union of individuals having at least one common ancestor. The present cross-sectional study was done in order to illustrate the prevalence and types of consanguineous marriages in the Syrian Arab Republic. Data on consanguineous marriages were collected using a simple questionnaire.
Hasan, Othman, Mostafa, Saadat
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IS CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE HISTORICALLY ENCOURAGED?

Journal of Biosocial Science, 2008
I read with great interest Akrami and Osati’s article entitled ‘Is consanguineous marriage religiously encouraged? Islamic and Iranian considerations’ published in the March 2007 issue of the Journal of Biosocial Science (Akrami & Osati, 2007). The authors showed that in many Islamic sources, there is no sign that could be described as encouraging ...
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Consanguineous marriages and congenital anomalies

The Lancet, 2013
Previous associations between consanguineous marriage and congenital anomalies have often been hampered by deficiencies in study design and small sample sizes...
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