Levirate and sororate and the terminological classification of uncles, aunts, and siblings' children

Ethnology Vol/Iss. 28 Published In Pages: 343-358
By Pans, A.E.M.J.

Hypothesis

There will be a positive association between levirate and normal bifurcate merging terminology or step-bifurcate collateral terminology for uncles and siblings’ children (man speaking) (348-9).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Yule’s QSupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN