Unilocal residence and unilineal descent: a reconsideration

“[A]mong sedentary cultures a significantly higher percentage of unilocal societies must be unilineal than among nonsedentary ones” (94).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Fisher’s exact test	Supported	p<.001	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Korotayev, Andrey V.	2004	Purely unilocal residence (without a significant alternative postmarital residence pattern) will be associated with the formation of a unilineal descent group (84-86).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Korotayev, Andrey V.	2004	Larger community size will be associated with the purely unilocal residence (86-89).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Carol R.	1974	". . . Unilocality is a necessary but not sufficient condition for unilineal descent" (70)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Carol R.	1974	". . . intergroup competition is the most important catalyst in the formation of unilineal descent groups in unilocal societies" (74)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Korotayev, Andrey V.	2004	Loss of food supplies due to unpredictable natural disasters will be associated with nomadic animal husbandry (99-100).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author