It's also a big problem in Europe. Many Indian and muslim youths import their partners from their home country.
A very high part of these partners have been 1st cousins. It's especially common in Germany and Britain.
2/18/08, 12:22 AM
PatrickH said...
Man, does the fact that a high score on the CPI indicates low levels of perceived corruption ever confuse me. Wonder why they do it that way? I mean, it even caused Steve to say there's an inverse relationship between corruption and consanguinity, a major 'say what?', but of course, he meant between consanguinity and the CPI. But still...
2/18/08, 7:02 AM
Hibernia Girl graphs the relationship between corruption and rates of "consanguinity."
"Cousin Marriage and Corruption"
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It's also a big problem in Europe. Many Indian and muslim youths import their partners from their home country.
A very high part of these partners have been 1st cousins. It's especially common in Germany and Britain.
2/18/08, 12:22 AM
Man, does the fact that a high score on the CPI indicates low levels of perceived corruption ever confuse me. Wonder why they do it that way? I mean, it even caused Steve to say there's an inverse relationship between corruption and consanguinity, a major 'say what?', but of course, he meant between consanguinity and the CPI. But still...
2/18/08, 7:02 AM