Influence of educational levels of the spouses on consanguinity among three endogamous groups of Andhra Pradesh, South India

The highest values of consanguinity was found among “Kamma” (45.0%), “Ediga” (47.5%) and “Mala” (55.7%) who occupy different strata of Indian caste hierarchy. In the way of searchout the factors influencing consanguineous marriages, the present paper finda the negative relationship between educational levels of the spouses and consanguinity. The educational levels of men has significant effect on the frequency of consanguinious marriages among “Kamma” and “Mala”. However, further analysis deplore significant differences in the mean levels consanguinity between educational groups. It divulge low level of higher education among the populations. Only 12% of men and 1.6% of women have degree level and above education in the total sample.

Chandrasekar, A. 1995. Influence of educational levels of the spouses on consanguinity among three endogamous groups of Andhra Pradesh, South India. International Journal of Anthropology 10 (2-3):125-132.
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