Living floor area and marital resdience

Cross-Cultural Research Vol/Iss. 12 Published In Pages: 109-115
By Divale, William Tulio

Hypothesis

Matrilocality will be positively associated with larger living floor areas (110).

Note

The 13 patrilocal cases have an average floor area of 28.2 meters-squared; while the 19 matrilocal cases have an average of 188.4 meters-squared (111).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Comparison of meansUNKNOWNp<.005UNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Living Floor AreaDependentDwellings
Residence, MatrilocalIndependentResidence