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Percentage of marriages between relatives in several Saudi provinces surveyed as well as other countries in the region:

JORDAN: 50.2%

IRAQ: 57.9%

KUWAIT: 54.3%

BAHRAIN: 39.4%

U.A.E.: 61.6%

EGYPT: 28.9%


SAUDI ARABIA

Northern Province: 52.1%

North Western Province: 67.7%

South Western Province: 54.2%

Central Province: 60.8%

Eastern Province: 59.1%

Rub Al-Khali


The Saudi government study involved a survey of 3,212 families in five Saudi provinces in 1995.


SOURCE: Saudi Arabian government agencies
http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/saudmarr.htm