How common is beta-thalassemia carrier status in Pakistan?
The cited 2012 paper repeats a historical carrier-frequency estimate of 5–7%, but its own 648 clinical samples are not a representative national carrier survey. That percentage—and the…
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How common is divorce compared with widowhood in Pakistan?
In the 2023 Census, 5,400,798 people aged 15 or older were recorded as widowed and 499,017 as divorced. These represented 3.78% and 0.35% of the population aged 15+, so…
How common was contact-channel confirmation in Weddme’s trust research?
Among 6,258 eligible active Weddme profiles, 3,984 had at least one recorded email or phone confirmation timestamp, equal to 63.66%.
Why does profile creation month matter in Weddme trust research?
Creation month matters because early confirmation rates changed sharply across monthly cohorts, which limits simple behavioural conclusions.
What does Weddme’s 2026 matrimonial profile data show?
Weddme’s 2026 study analyzed 5,427 eligible profiles captured on 8 August 2026. Men’s profiles formed 85.1% of the cohort, 26–30 was the largest age group, and 69.2% report...
Can Weddme’s family-management data represent Pakistan as a whole?
Weddme members were not selected through a nationally representative sampling design. The cohort reflects people who knew about the service, had internet access, registered...
What do profile views, messages and contact exchanges actually measure?
Every metric needs its unit, denominator, eligibility rules, observation window, and event definition. A profile view is not a person, a message is not a mutual conversatio...
Which questions cannot Weddme’s family-participation data answer?
The study does not identify who made final decisions, whether the person represented consented to each step, why a relative managed an account, or who physically sent a mes...
How many profiles were included in Weddme’s age-preference study?
The production snapshot contained 5,783 eligible active client profiles. Valid own-age data existed for 5,779, while 3,131 had an age-preference record. The final cohort co...
How many profiles were included in Weddme’s education-preference study?
The snapshot contained 5,951 strict eligible profiles after quality and test-record exclusions. Valid own-education data existed for 5,947 profiles, and 3,204 had a non-emp...
What was Pakistan’s population in the 2023 Census?
Pakistan’s 2023 Population and Housing Census recorded 241,499,431 people across Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, and Islamabad Capital Territory. This is th...
What percentage of Pakistan is urban and rural?
The 2023 Census classified approximately 38.88% of Pakistan’s population as urban and 61.12% as rural, making the country majority rural under the census definitions. Urban...
What marriage facts can Pakistan’s census measure?
A census can count people by age, gender, location, marital-status category, household relationship, and other recorded characteristics across the country. It can show how pop...
Which marital-status categories does Pakistan’s Demographic Survey report by age and gender?
The Pakistan Demographic Survey 2020 reports marital status for the population aged 15 and above, separating males and females within age groups. Its tables classify people...
What percentage of Pakistanis are married at different ages?
In Pakistan’s Demographic Survey 2020, the recorded married share rose sharply with age and differed by gender. About 2.5% of males and 10.3% of females aged 15–19 were record...
Does marital status differ between urban and rural Pakistan?
Yes. Pakistan’s Demographic Survey shows differences between urban and rural marital-status patterns, but the clearest comparison is made within the same gender and age group....
What can birth timing after marriage show about family formation?
The survey groups live births according to how long the mother had been married, alongside the recorded gender of the child and urban-rural residence. This helps describe the timing of bir...
Why do registered marriages matter for Pakistan’s population data?
Reliable civil registration creates continuous official records of marriages, births, divorces, and deaths, reducing dependence on periodic surveys and people’s recall. Whe...
What is the difference between census data and demographic survey data in Pakistan?
A census aims to enumerate the full population at a specific reference point and is suited to detailed geographic counts and broad characteristics. A demographic survey stu...
Who is included in the DHS category “currently married women”?
“Currently married women” are respondents whose marital status was married at the time of the survey. The group excludes never-married, widowed, divorced, and separated wom...
What is the average marriage age in Pakistan?
There is no single defensible average marriage age for every Pakistani adult. The 2017–18 DHS instead reported separate medians: 20.4 years at first marriage among women ag...
Is child marriage more common in poorer households?
Child marriage is more prevalent in poorer household groups than in wealthier groups in the cited profiles. Household resources can affect school continuation, economic sec...
Where does the World Bank’s Pakistan child-marriage data come from?
The World Bank indicator page republishes a harmonized series sourced through UNICEF and DHS data systems rather than collecting a separate Pakistani marriage survey. For t...
How commonly is deferred Haq Mehr used in Pakistani marriages according to available research?
No recent nationally representative dataset reports what proportion of Pakistani Nikahnamas use deferred dower. The Pakistan DHS and census do not collect contract-level…
How often do couples know one another before marriage in Pakistan?
Pakistan has no current nationally representative statistic for how long spouses knew one another before marriage or what contact they had. Research among married youth has…
How common are arranged marriages in Pakistan according to available research?
Arranged marriage is widely documented in Pakistan, but no recent nationally representative survey publishes a single percentage using a consistent…
How do researchers define a semi-arranged marriage?
“Semi-arranged marriage” is a research and everyday description, not a standardized Pakistani legal category. It usually refers to a family-facilitated introduction followed…
What percentage of Pakistani marriages are between first cousins?
The 2017–18 Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey found that almost half of ever-married women were married to a first cousin: about 29% to a cousin on the father’s side…
How soon after marriage do couples in Pakistan typically have their first child?
The 2017–18 Pakistan DHS reported a median age at first marriage of 20.4 years and a median age at first birth of 22.8 years among women aged 25–49. The 2.4-year difference…
How does contraceptive use differ among married couples in Pakistan?
In the 2017–18 Pakistan DHS, 34% of currently married women used any contraceptive method: 25% used a modern method and 9% a traditional method. Modern-method use was about…
What is Pakistan's divorce rate according to official data?
Pakistan’s 2023 Census counted 499,017 divorced people among 142,924,350 residents aged 15 or older, equal to 0.35%. It also counted 210,895 separated people, or 0.15%; the…
How common is remarriage after divorce in Pakistan?
Pakistan does not publish a current national transition rate showing what proportion of divorced people remarry or how long remarriage takes. The census records current…
How common is remarriage after widowhood in Pakistan?
Official Pakistani statistics do not provide a national remarriage-after-widowhood rate. The 2023 Census counted 5.4 million people aged 15 or older who were currently…
Can Weddme data represent all Pakistani marriages?
No. Weddme data can describe the eligible profiles and saved preferences included in a defined Weddme study, but it should not be treated as nationally representative.