Types of family and The social system and the family

Nimkoff, M. F.

Types of family and The social system and the family

Comparative Family Systems • Houghton Mifflin • Boston • Published In 1965 • Pages: 12-60 •

By Nimkoff, M. F.

Hypothesis

"…there is a relationship between residence patterns and division of labor by sex. Patrilocal patterns tend to be associated with economic dominance by males, matrilocal . . . by females" (42)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Chi square	Supported	p<.001	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Dominance In Division Of Labor By Sex	Association	Division Of Labor By Gender
Residence Patterns	Association	Residence

Related Hypotheses

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Murdock, George Peter	1937	Preindustrial societies will have division of labor by gender (551).	Supported	1	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Melvin	1971	"If a particular sex does most of the work in subsistence activities, the pattern of residence should tend to localize consanguineally related members of that sex" (571)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Murdock, George Peter	1973	". . . housebuilding . . . tends strongly to be assigned to females where the mode of life is strictly nomadic . . ." (213)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bourguignon, Erika	1973	Sex division of labor will vary according to subsistence type (35).	Support claimed	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Korotayev, Andrey V.	2003	Extremely high male contribution to subsistence will be positively associated with patrilocality (335, 360).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author

Types of family and The social system and the family

Comparative Family Systems • Houghton Mifflin • Boston • Published In 1965 • Pages: 12-60 • Cite

By Nimkoff, M. F.

Hypothesis

Test

Variables

Related Hypotheses

Comparative Family Systems • Houghton Mifflin • Boston • Published In 1965 • Pages: 12-60 •