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Consanguinity and spousal concordance in Kuwait.

Y al-Kandari1, D E Crews, F E Poirier

  • 1Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology, Kuwait University, Kaifan, Kuwait.

Collegium Antropologicum
|April 5, 2003
PubMed
Summary

In Kuwait, unrelated couples show greater similarity in physical traits and education than related couples. Cultural traits like religiosity and language show concordance across all marriage types.

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Area of Science:

  • Anthropology
  • Human Genetics
  • Sociology

Background:

  • Consanguineous marriage is prevalent in Kuwait.
  • Understanding trait concordance in different marriage types is crucial for population studies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between physical and cultural traits and marriage types in Kuwait.
  • To examine trait concordance as a function of consanguinity and marriage duration.

Main Methods:

  • A nonrandom sample of 242 couples in Kuwait.
  • Collected anthropometric data, blood pressure, acculturation, religiosity, Farsi proficiency, education, occupation, and fertility attitudes.
  • Analyzed concordance across consanguineous and non-consanguineous marriages.

Main Results:

  • Significant cultural trait concordance (religiosity, acculturation, language, education, occupation) observed in all marriage types.
  • Non-consanguineous couples showed higher concordance in education, occupation, and acculturation, but lower in religiosity and Farsi.
  • Unrelated spouses exhibited greater concordance in physical traits (stature, skinfold thickness, body fat distribution) and blood pressure compared to related spouses.

Conclusions:

  • Marriage type influences trait concordance in Kuwaiti couples.
  • Non-consanguineous marriages appear to be based on shared personal preferences and traits.
  • Positive assortative mating is indicated for stature and education in the broader non-kin marriage pool.

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