The causes of matrilocal residence:  a cross-ethnohistorical survey

Divale, William Tulio

The causes of matrilocal residence: a cross-ethnohistorical survey

State University of New York at Buffalo • Buffalo • Published In 1974 • Pages: 432 •

By Divale, William Tulio

Hypothesis

Uxorilocal and matrilocal residence should be correlated with community men's houses while they should be absent with avunculocal or patrilocal residence" (299)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Gamma	Supported	p<.05	.38	One-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Men's Houses	Dependent	Sodalities, Status Of Adolescents
Residence Patterns	Independent	Residence

Related Hypotheses

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Divale, William Tulio	1974	"External warfare should be correlated with the presence of men's houses while they should be absent when warfare is internal" (301)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Divale, William Tulio	1974	"A high degree of local male exogamy should be correlated with the presence of men's houses while men's houses should be absent when males are locally endogamous" (309)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Divale, William Tulio	1974	"When feuding is absent or infrequent, men's houses will tend to be present while they should be absent when feuding is frequent" (305)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Divale, William Tulio	1974	"Uxorilocal or matrilocal residence should be correlated with houses that have larger living floor areas than houses where avunculocal or patrilocal residence is practiced" (299)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Melvin	1973	Since in societies with sororal polygyny co-wives live together in the same house, it should also be true that sisters find it easier to live together when they are married to different men in matrilocal societies. I expected houses in matrilocal societies to have a larger living floor area than houses in patrilocal societies (177)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author

The causes of matrilocal residence: a cross-ethnohistorical survey

State University of New York at Buffalo • Buffalo • Published In 1974 • Pages: 432 • Cite

By Divale, William Tulio

Hypothesis

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State University of New York at Buffalo • Buffalo • Published In 1974 • Pages: 432 •