Social structure

Macmillan New York Published In Pages: ??
By Murdock, George Peter

Hypothesis

". . . matrilineal extension [of incest taboos] is strongly associated with the presence of matrilineal kin groups, patrilineal extension with patrilineal kin groups, and extension in both directions with the presence of double descent" (307)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Yule’s QSupportedp<.001.99UNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Incest Taboo ExtensionDependentKinship Regulation Of Sex
Kinship SystemsIndependentKin Groups