An evaluation of alternative theories of matrilocal versus patrilocal residence

Behavior Science Research • Vol/Iss. 9 • Published In 1974 • Pages: 135-149 •

By Ember, Carol R.

Abstract

This paper investigates the relationship between marital residence and warfare. The author evaluates two theories proposing opposite causalities: one, that internal warfarecauses patrilocality; the other, that residence comes first and influences type of warfare. The author presents a new model emphasizing the role of population size in determining type of warfare, which in turn affects marital residence. However, the role of migration in determining marital residence is also considered.

Samples
Sample Used	Coded Data	Comment
Ethnographic Atlas (EA)

Hypotheses (4)
Hypothesis	Supported
". . . the relationship between migration and residence controlling on the presence versus absence of purely external warfare . . . becomes nonsignificant in both control conditions" (138)	Supported
". . . control[ling] on the presence versus absence of migration, the relationship between type of warfare and residence does not disappear" (139)	Not Supported
"Societies with purely external warfare . . . have smaller total populations than societies with internal warfare" (141)	Supported
". . . among migrating . . . societies, only those that are relatively small should be matrilocal" (147)	Supported

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An evaluation of alternative theories of matrilocal versus patrilocal residence

Behavior Science Research • Vol/Iss. 9 • Published In 1974 • Pages: 135-149 • Cite

By Ember, Carol R.

Abstract

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Hypotheses (4)

Behavior Science Research • Vol/Iss. 9 • Published In 1974 • Pages: 135-149 •