How does migration from villages to cities affect traditional marriage networks?
Rural-to-urban migration can add workplaces, educational institutions and city-based intermediaries to the search while preserving links to kin and the home village.…
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Does cousin marriage prevalence differ between provinces of Pakistan?
Yes. Table 4.5 of the 2017–18 Pakistan DHS reports meaningful differences by province and region in whether women were married to paternal first cousins, maternal first…
Does cousin marriage differ between urban and rural Pakistan?
The 2017–18 Pakistan DHS recorded first-cousin marriage more often among rural than urban women. About 30.5% of rural women were married to a paternal first cousin and 21.8%…
How do wedding customs differ between urban and rural Pakistan?
Urban weddings may have easier access to banquet halls, professional vendors, digital invitations and tightly scheduled events, while rural celebrations may use homes,…
Which Pakistani cities have the largest populations according to the 2023 Census?
Pakistan’s 2023 Census lists Karachi as the largest city at about 18.87 million people, followed by Lahore at 13.00 million. Faisalabad had about 3.69 million, Rawalpindi…
How did age at first marriage differ across Pakistan’s provinces in PDHS 2017–18?
In PDHS 2017–18, the median age at first marriage among women aged 25–49 was 21.1 in Punjab, 20.0 in Sindh, 19.1 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 19.4 in Balochistan; Islamabad…
How did urban and rural marriage age differ within Punjab in PDHS 2017–18?
For women aged 25–49 in Punjab, PDHS 2017–18 reported a median age at first marriage of 21.6 years in urban areas and 20.7 in rural areas, a difference of 0.9 years. That…
How did education among ever-married women differ by province in PDHS 2017–18?
Among ever-married women aged 15–49 in PDHS 2017–18, the share reporting no education was 38.1% in Punjab, 54.7% in Sindh, 64.2% in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 83.7% in…
Which regions contain Pakistan’s largest young-adult populations?
Census 2023 counted about 62.6 million Pakistanis aged 15–29: 24.15 million aged 15–19, 20.47 million aged 20–24 and 17.97 million aged 25–29. In absolute numbers, Punjab…
How did urbanization differ among Pakistan’s provinces in Census 2023?
Census 2023 classified 53.97% of Sindh’s population as urban, the highest provincial share. Punjab was 40.71%, Balochistan 30.96% and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 15.01%, while…
What demographic features distinguish Islamabad from Pakistan’s four provinces?
Islamabad Capital Territory is a small federal territory rather than a province, with about 2.28 million residents in the national Census 2023 report. Its PDHS 2017–18…
Can city-level Weddme findings be used as city-wide marriage statistics?
No. City-level Weddme findings can describe eligible Weddme profiles associated with a city, not every household or marriage in that city.