Open AccessConsanguinity marriage and fertility outcome health in the middle Euphrates of Iraq
Author(s) -
Hassan Risan Mubarek,
A -Rekaby
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
university of thi-qar journal of science
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.32792/thi/sc/vol.1.is.2.04
Subject(s) - consanguinity , inbreeding , fertility , demography , consanguineous marriage , geography , medicine , population , pediatrics , sociology
The inbreeding coefficient refers to the degree of advancing of any society. In2006 an experiment was conducted to find the inbreeding coefficient in the middleEuphrates area of Iraq (Al-Qadisiyia and Babylon) and to study the relationshipbetween the related and unrelated marriages as well as reproductive parameters.Results indicated that inbreeding coefficient was (F=0.0167).The percentage of unrelated marriage was higher in ( Al-Qadisiyia44.9% compared to Babylon 36.5%) and the total was 55.3% Non–fertilefamilies in middle Euphrates region was 2.5% No relationship was foundbetween fertility outcome and consanguineous, non-consanguineous marriage.