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Endogamous marriages are those that occur between spouses who are related by blood. In Senegal, most endogamous marriages are between paternal and maternal cousins.
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The 1986 Senegalese Demographic and Health Survey data reveal that women first marrying do so with paternal or maternal cousins or other relations.
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About 70 percent of married women are related to their husbands.
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This pattern has not changed much since 1970, although there are variations among ethnic groups.
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The lowest prevalence of endogamous marriages (50% to 60%) are found among the Manding and Diola, who live in the southern and Eastern parts of the country, while the highest levels (between 65% and 80%) prevail among the Wolof, Pulaar, and Serer.
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In most cases, women are married to paternal cousins, except among the Serer, where preference is given to maternal cousins.
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