Settlement patterns and community organization: cross-cultural codes 3

Ethnology • Vol/Iss. 11 • Published In • Pages: 254-295 •
By Murdock, George Peter, Wilson, Suzanne F.

Hypothesis

"Matrilineal descent reaches its highest frequency at the intermediate evolutionary level of incipient agriculture and declines with the rise of food production to a dominant position" (273)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Comparison of raw scoresSupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Matrilineal DescentUNKNOWNRules Of Descent
Subsistence EconomyUNKNOWNProduction And Supply