تفاوت هاي بين نسلي ازدواج خويشاوندي در ايران

Inter-Generational Differences of Kin-Marriage in Iran.

The relative stability of kin-marriage in the past decades necessitates the study of its characteristics and the trend changes of such widespread marriage pattern in Iran. The present paper using the method of secondary data analysis, and utilizing the data made available by the National Iranian Census of Socio-Economic Characteristics of Households (2001), attempts to study inter-generational differences of kin-marriage in Iran. Toward such end, the behavioral and attitudinal patterns of householdsʹ siblings (the second generation) about kin-marriage is studied and compared with that of the parents (the first generation). The findings indicate that inter-generational differences of kinmarriage, as related to the individualʹs characteristics, have not resulted in a decrease of the utility (desirability) and vogue of inter-generational kin-marriage in the second generation. On the other hand, the data suggest that both generations are influenced, behaviorally and attitudinally, by modernization and urbanism. The relationship of ethnicity with two generationsʹ marriage pattern is indicative of a stable cultural influence exerted on kin-marriage pattern. The relationship of behavioral and attitudinal patterns of the siblings with their parentʹs marriage pattern, and the differential impact of parentsʹ characteristics on girl and boy siblingsʹ attitude constitutes yet another item in the findings of this paper.