An explanation for matrilocal residence

Being Female: Reproduction, Power, and Change • Mouton • The Hague • Published In • Pages: 99-108 •
By Divale, William Tulio

Hypothesis

Matrilocal societies should be linguistically unrelated to their surrounding neighbors (106).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Fisher’s exact testSupportedp<.001phi= .611One-tailed

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Language Spoken Dissimilar To NeighborsDependentLinguistic Identification
Residence PatternIndependentResidence