Consanguineous Marriage and its R Consanguineous marriage is a common type of marriage in the Middle East. Arab countries have the highest consanguineous marriage rates in the world. The differences in the prevalence of consanguineous marriage is related to differences in each geographic area. Differences between marriage patterns in the two governorates were tested.
SPSS was used for data entry and analysis. Data found that age at marriage was closely correlated with marriage patterns. Significant differences between marriage patterns and many sociocultural variables have been found, such as marriage duration, age at marriage, and number of children.
It can be concluded that differences in social groups lead to differences in the marriage preference type in Kuwait depending on several sociocultural variables. Many classical works have discussed the practice of consanguinity from a theoretical perspective.
For example, Murphy and Kasdan 8 distinguished between types of first cousin marriages. Consanguineous marriages after the s showed a decline compared with before the s and the period between and Consanguinity could decrease with the younger generations. Differences in the practice of consanguinity are also related to differences of religion within a society. For example, Khlat and Halabi 23 found the incidence of consanguinity in Lebanon to be In Iran, consanguinity is high among Muslims In Israel, consanguinity among Muslims is Bittles 27 reviewed consanguineous marriage in many societies and cultures in relation to childhood health.
Some studies have shown significant differences, 29 while others have found no significant differences. As noticed in the studies, marriage between one's biological family and relatives is widely regarded as genetically disadvantageous in Middle East and Arab world.
