Table 5 Types and distribution of first cousin unions in RYK population
Variable | First cousin marriage type | n | % in total marriages | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FBD | FSD | MBD | MSD | |||
Tehsil | ||||||
Sadiqabad | 166 | 120 | 95 | 93 | 474 | 50.4 |
Rahim Yar Khan | 107 | 90 | 64 | 81 | 342 | 57.2 |
Khanpur | 76 | 72 | 68 | 71 | 287 | 49.7 |
Liaquatpur | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 15.8 |
Total | 350 | 285 | 227 | 250 | 1112 | 51.1 |
Rural/urban origin | ||||||
Rural | 250 | 189 | 146 | 154 | 739 | 53.2 |
Urban | 100 | 96 | 81 | 96 | 373 | 47.6 |
Mother tongue* | ||||||
Punjabi | 122 | 118 | 104 | 110 | 454 | 41.1 |
Saraiki | 212 | 152 | 106 | 129 | 599 | 63.9 |
Education | ||||||
Illiterate | 157 | 125 | 86 | 106 | 474 | 57.3 |
Religious education/Madarsa | 112 | 81 | 76 | 77 | 346 | 54.8 |
Literate | 82 | 81 | 65 | 68 | 296 | 41.3 |