Table 1.
Distribution of major types of marital unions in four tehsils of RYK District
| Consanguineous unions: no.(%) | Non-consanguineous unions: no.(%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tehsils | Double first cousin | First cousin | First cousin once removed | Second cousin | Second cousin once removed | Distantly related/Biradari | Non-related | All marriages |
| Sadiqabad | 11 (1.2) | 477 (50.7) | 23 (2.4) | 16 (1.7) | 5 (0.5) | 345 (36.7) | 64 (6.8) | 941 |
| Rahim Yar Khan | 7 (1.2) | 343 (57.4) | 24 (4.0) | 3 (0.5) | 2 (0.3) | 214 (35.8) | 5 (0.8) | 598 |
| Khanpur | 7 (1.2) | 287 (49.7) | 28 (4.8) | 6 (1.0) | 1 (0.2) | 247 (42.7) | 2 (0.4) | 578 |
| Liaquatpur | 2 (3.5) | 22 (38.6) | 15 (26.3) | 0 | 0 | 18 (31.6) | 0 | 57 |
| Total | 27 (1.2) | 1129 (51.9) | 90 (4.1) | 25 (1.2) | 8 (0.4) | 824 (37.9) | 71 (3.3) | 2174 |