Living floor area and marital resdience

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

Abstract

This study builds on the work of Melvin Ember (1973) regarding living floor area of dwellings and its relationship to marital residence. The original results are replicated.

Samples

Sample Used Coded Data Comment
Standard Cross Cultural Sample (SCCS)CombinationAuthor coded living floor area following Ember's (1973) methods. Residence data taken from the Ethnographic Atlas.

Hypotheses (1)

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