House floor area as a correlate of marital residence pattern: a logistic regression approach

Cross-Cultural Research • Vol/Iss. 44(4) • Published In • Pages: 405-424 •
By Porcic, Marko

Abstract

This article employs logistic regression to test the relationship between house floor area and marital residence. Results indicate there is an association, but the relationship is stronger in a solely agricultural sample and nonexistent in a non-agricultural sample. This is likely due to the tendency for mobile groups to build several smaller homes for faster and more efficient household construction. Overall the authors suggest that floor area alone should not be taken as a sole indicator of marital residence.

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DOI: 10.177/1069397110378839

Samples

Sample Used Coded Data Comment
OtherOther ResearchersEmber (1973), Divale (1977), and Brown (1987)
Ethnographic Atlas (EA)Combination

Hypotheses (1)

HypothesisSupported
Marital residence (matrilocal versus patrilocal) will be associated with household floor area (414).Supported
Documents and Hypotheses Filed By: Kate Cummings  Amelia Piazza