Ethnic marriage assortativness of Karachays
The study of an ethnic marriage assortativeness of Karachays is carried out within the complex medico-and population and genetic observing of the population of Karachay-Cherkesia. The study is making now by the laboratory of genetic epidemiology of Research Centre for Medical Genetics according to the developed protocol. The diverse ethnoconfessional structure of the population of the Caucasus removes puts out this work from a framework of utilitarian requirements of the regional medico-genetic consultation. 11280 marriage records from four regions of Karachay-Cherkessia (Karachaevsky, Malokarachaevsky, Ust-Dzhegutinsky, Prikubansky, 193 thousand people) for 1990-2000 were analysed. The Karachays are the title nation in these areas exceeding three quarters of the population of areas. Monoethnic marriages of Karachays make 88.3%. Polyethnic marriages of Karachays make 11.7%, including 3.92% - with Russians, 1.28% - with Abazins, 1.22% - with Circassians. Representatives of 42 other ethnoses, a quarter from them - isolated cases act as marriage partners of Karachays. Among marriages of representatives of other ethnoses three quarters - monoethnic. The level of metisation intensity is middle in comparison with that for some other ethnoses - Kalmyks, Tatars, Udmurts, Uyghurs, Shors, Bashkirs, Chuvashes, Koryaks, Evens. At such level of a metisation through 5.6 generations (about 1.5 centuries) a half of Karachays will be the carriers of genes of other ethnoses. Ethnic assortativeness of Karachays H - about unit. It is peculiar for the title nation. At the same time population isn’t ethnically panmix - the preference of the monoethnic marriage in population in.