TundraLupus
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Yeah, that is kind of my point, the official rarely is the complete record, and marriage is not the most accurate way to say if a sexual interaction happens or with what frequency, mostly because people don't divulge this stuff afraid of being shunned by society.Well, we can only talk about marriages as such, because simple family with benefit situations cannot reliably be traced. And I just found an interesting infographic between me posting and your answer which shows that in the muslim belt starting in Morocco and extending to and including India (despite not being majority Muslim) do have a high prevalence of 2nd cousin or closer marriages, up to 50% in Pakistan, but it being virtually nonexistent outside this sphere (caveat: only very limited data for non muslim Africa in said overview). In countries like the US, UK, Scandinavia, Russia and so on it is well below 1%, China also has "only" slightly above 1%. So concerning these "official" relationships, your 10% may be a tad high but in the correct order of magnitude when considered worldwide.
Of course, as has been said, nobody knows what happens in rural Utah when the law isn't looking and how many beards are around.
Edit: I found another article that stipulated something from 1 to 20%, so yeah, no one really knows, but to stay on the safe side I always assume higher numbers, not in discussions but in my brain. Also, sorry for all the edits, I'm impulsive so I write and post and then double-check, so I might go back and change stuff.
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