Cross-cultural correlates of the ownership of private property: Zelman's gender data revisited

Cross-Cultural Research • Vol/Iss. 30 • Published In 1996 • Pages: 115-153 •

By Rudmin, Floyd Webster

Abstract

This article analyzes the predictors of private property ownership with an aim to replicate existing correlations using data from the dissertation of Zelman (1974).

Note

60 preliterate, largely non-Eurasian cultures are sampled.

Samples
Sample Used	Coded Data	Comment
Standard Ethnographic Sample (SES)	Other Researchers	HRAF and EA used for coding

Hypotheses (2)
Hypothesis	Supported
Zelman's (1974) index of private ownership will have the same sign as the correlation with Murdock's (1967) index of private ownership and both will have a null probability of p<.05.	Supported
Zelman's (1974), Simmons's (1937), Swanson's (1960/1966), and Murdock's (1967) measures of property will cross-correlate (i.e. be replicable).	Supported

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Cross-cultural correlates of the ownership of private property: Zelman's gender data revisited

Cross-Cultural Research • Vol/Iss. 30 • Published In 1996 • Pages: 115-153 • Cite

By Rudmin, Floyd Webster

Abstract

Note

Samples

Hypotheses (2)

Cross-Cultural Research • Vol/Iss. 30 • Published In 1996 • Pages: 115-153 •