The potential impact of intermarriage on the population decline of the Parsis of Mumbai, India

The Parsis, a community of Iranian descent, are an important ethno-religious minority group in India. Over the past few decades this group has shown a sharp numerical decline. The Parsis in India are endogamous and children of women married outside the community are traditionally not accepted within...

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Main Authors: Zubin Shroff, Marcia C Castro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2011-08-01
Series:Demographic Research
Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol25/17/