Volume 25 - Article 17 | Pages 545–564
The potential impact of intermarriage on the population decline of the Parsis of Mumbai, India
| Date received: | 01 Mar 2011 |
| Date published: | 26 Aug 2011 |
| Word count: | 5610 |
| Keywords: | fertility, India, intermarriage, Mumbai, Parsis, population decline |
| DOI: | 10.4054/DemRes.2011.25.17 |
Abstract
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 the fold. This paper appraises the potential role of female intermarriage in Parsi population decline. Population projections were made under various assumptions of fertility and inter-marriage scenarios. Results show that given current fertility, acceptance of children of intermarried women would have a negligible impact on stemming the population decline, which is chiefly driven by extremely low fertility.
Author's Affiliation
Zubin Shroff - Harvard University, United States of America
Márcia C. Castro - Harvard University, United States of America
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