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A note of the distribution of marriage distance among the santals in the neighbourhood of Giridih, Bihar*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Amitabha Basu
Amitabha Basu
Affiliation:
Indian Statistical Institute, RTS, Anthropometry and Human Genetics Unit, Calcutta 35, India
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Summary

Marriage distance is an important variable in human genetics. The distribution of marriage distance has been studied among the Santals, a large agricultural tribe of eastern India, in the neighbourhood of Giridih, Bihar. A Type III Pearsonian curve was fitted to the observed distribution; the fit was found to be good. Possible explanations have been suggested for the distribution pattern among the Santals and for the difference with respect to this pattern between the Santals and other populations.

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Research Article
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , July 1973 , pp. 367 - 376
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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