Backward marriage pattern is an inflammatory statement- may be better to specifically state what the issue is (interfamily marriage) without judgement on the nature of the behavior in question; some issues of grammar and syntax in the abstract; background section of paper is much improved and the rationale for this study is now more clear; questions and hypotheses are stronger; more details on the instrumentation for your anticipated data collection is needed in the otherwise strong methods section- what specific constructs will you be exploring? what sources can you cite to either verify that these constructs are relevant or that these specific measures you intend to use are the correct ones?