SHORT REPORT Consanguineous marriages in Denizli, Turkey
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Annals of Human Biology
- Vol. 26 (5) , 489-491
- https://doi.org/10.1080/030144699282598
Abstract
For the study 1000 families were interviewed during 1996 in the city of Denizli, which is situated in Western Anatolia and has a population of 79211 families. The overall rate of consanguinity was 11.7%, with a mean inbreeding coefficient of 0.00873. The principal type of consanguineous marriage recorded was between first cousins, which accounted for 49.6% of all unions. For both sexes, a significant negative association was observed between consanguinity and mean age at marriage and level of education.Keywords
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