A cross-cultural test of the proximity hypothesis

Witkowski, Stanley

A cross-cultural test of the proximity hypothesis

Behavior Science Notes • Vol/Iss. 7 • Published In 1972 • Pages: 243-263 •

By Witkowski, Stanley

Hypothesis

"The residential proximity hypothesis predicts that a society's degree of terminological bifurcation will covary positively with degree of family extension" (253)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Gamma	Not Supported	above .10	.04	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Degree Of Terminological Bifurcation	`UNKNOWN`	Kinship Terminology
Household Extension	`UNKNOWN`	Extended Families

Related Hypotheses

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Witkowski, Stanley	1972	"The proximity hypothesis suggests that bifurcation should be positively associated with the degree of community exogamy" (255)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Witkowski, Stanley	1972	". . . the degree of extended family organization--from large extended, to small extended, to nonextended--should be positively associated with the degree of collateral [kin terminology] merging" (253)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Maxwell, Robert J.	1967	Penetrable walls will be more likely than impenetrable walls with increased proximity to the equator.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Witkowski, Stanley	1972	"The residential proximity hypothesis suggests that institutionalized avoidance practices should be more likely to occur when the avoiding parties are living in the same household than when they are just living in the same community." [Mother-in-law/son-in-law avoidance increases with the degree of household co-residence] (249)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Witkowski, Stanley	1972	". . . residential propinquity influences a society's kin avoidance. . . . [There is an] association between father-in-law/daughter-in-law avoidance and [their] degree of community coresidence" (243, 248)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author

A cross-cultural test of the proximity hypothesis

Behavior Science Notes • Vol/Iss. 7 • Published In 1972 • Pages: 243-263 • Cite

By Witkowski, Stanley

Hypothesis

Test

Variables

Related Hypotheses

Behavior Science Notes • Vol/Iss. 7 • Published In 1972 • Pages: 243-263 •