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- Title
Socioeconomic Determinants of Caste-based Endogamy: A Qualitative Study.
- Authors
Safdar, Muhammad Rizwan; Akram, Muhammad; Sher, Falak; Rehman, Abid
- Abstract
The present study is aimed at exploring the socioeconomic determinants and implications of caste-based endogamous marriages in Punjab, the most populous province in Pakistan. The data for this study were collected from a sample of 24 participants (14 males and 10 females), who were married-within-caste, with diverse socioeconomic, educational, and geographic backgrounds. This study found social pressure, protection of family honor, geographic propinquity, and castebased stereotyping as key social factors reinforcing endogamous marriages in the province. Finally, the desire to avoid distribution of family's economic resources like property and land was found to be a leading economic determinant of caste-based endogamy. Further, endogamy hinders economic mobility of lower castes since economic capitals such as land and property are preserved through this marital practice.
- Subjects
PAKISTAN; PUNJAB; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; ENDOGAMY &; exogamy; SOCIAL factors; SOCIAL sciences education; CASTE; SOCIAL pressure; CASTE discrimination
- Publication
Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Studies, 2021, Vol 8, Issue 2, p39
- ISSN
2149-1291
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.29333/ejecs/697