India Consanguineous Marriage: 11% Wed a Blood Relative

Name: Consanguineous Marriage, India State-wise
Creator: The Maps Daily
Published: 2021-01-01
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Consanguineous Marriage, India State-wise, Demographics, Marriage, India

Roughly 11% of Indian women aged 15-49 married a blood relative as of 2019, a rate that has held broadly steady from 12% in 2015. The pattern is starkly regional: Tamil Nadu at 28%, Karnataka at 27%, and Andhra Pradesh at 26% report the highest rates, reflecting…

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SourceTable 6.6: Consanguinity between spouses by state/union territory

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