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Economic rationales for kin marriage: Assessing the evidence using Egyptian panel data

Demographic Research, 2019
Background: Although kin marriage is widely practiced in the Middle East, its underlying motivations have not been thoroughly tested. Methods: We assess evidence for two economic rationales motivating kin unions using a national sample of Egyptians ...
Rania Salem, Sarah Shah
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Gender, Families, and Wealth Accumulation Among the One‐Child Generation

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Prior literature on gender and wealth accumulation largely examines the role of families in reproducing inequalities. However, less attention has been paid to families without sons, a significant demographic, particularly within China's one‐child generation, that challenges conventional understandings of familial wealth dynamics.
Ye Liu
wiley   +1 more source

The changing pattern and determinants of declining consanguinity in Jordan during 1990–2012

Annals of Human Biology, 2018
Background: Consanguinity is a deep rooted cultural trait in Jordan. Aim: To examine the patterns and determinants of declining rates of consanguineous marriage in Jordan during 1990–2012 in the context of the changing pattern of socio-economic and ...
M. Mazharul Islam
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Polygamy in Islam: Cultural Pressures and Religious Justifications in Pakistan

Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization, 2021
Polygamy is socially accepted and religiously allowed in most parts of the world. Polygamy is practiced by males, particularly for various justifiable reasons.
Farooq-e-Azam, Iram Rubab, Ambreen Salahuddin, Ahmed Usman   +3 more
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Understanding the Role of Migration, Culture and Transnational Ties in Family Financial Assistance With Home Ownership

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Family financial assistance with home ownership has attracted significant scholarly attention in recent years. However, the role of culture and ethnicity, transnational ties, and migration in this practice remains significantly under‐addressed.
Julia Cook
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Family Work Among the Astors

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Within classical sociological accounts of capitalism, families are curious remnants of the past. Contemporary elite sociology dismisses the family in a different way: by primarily focusing on individual men. When the family does appear within elite studies, scholars frequently follow a stratification framework, which focuses on the ...
Shamus Khan, Max Besbris, Estela Diaz
wiley   +1 more source

Experiences of Women and Clinicians During the Introduction of Uterine Transplantation to the UK: A Qualitative Case Study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To explore the experiences of women and clinicians during the introduction of uterine transplantation (UTx) to the UK. Design A qualitative study utilising prospective case study methodology (interviews and observations) over 6 years.
Daisy Elliott, Richard J. Smith, Maeve Coyle, Rhiannon Macefield, Saliha Vali, Anni King, Natalie Blencowe, Cynthia Ochieng, Christin Hoffmann, Isabel Quiroga, Ben P. Jones, Ariadne L'Heveder, Kerry N. L. Avery, Jane M. Blazeby   +13 more
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Factors Predisposing To Cleft Lip and Palate in Children Presenting in a Tertiary Care Hospital [PDF]

Journal of Sharif Medical & Dental College, 2018
Objective: To determine the predisposing risk factors of cleft lip and palate among children presenting in a tertiary care hospital. Methodology: It was a case-control study conducted at the Children Hospital & Institute of Child Health, Lahore for a ...
Areeja Fatima, Asad Zain, Muhammad Tauseef Javed, Muhammad Shahid Iqbal   +3 more
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Blepharophimosis, ptosis, epicanthus inversus syndrome type 2 with red hair, lymphedema of lower limbs and kidney stones in an Egyptian patient

Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics, 2015
We report the case of a 2 month old male, 6th in order of birth of 1st cousin consanguineous marriage with the typical features of blepharophimosis, ptosis, epicanthus inversus syndrome (BPES) including bilateral shortening of the horizontal and vertical
Rabah M. Shawky, Radwa Gamal, Neveen S. Seifeldin   +2 more
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The dynamics of criminal collaboration: Multiplex ties in mafia networks

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines how social embeddedness and multiplex relationships shape criminal collaboration within organized crime networks. Drawing on data from three major investigations into the ‘Ndrangheta, we analyze how kinship, clan affiliation, leadership, and prior interactions influence participation in meetings and phone calls.
Francesco Calderoni, Jürgen Lerner, David Bright   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source