A worldwide view of matriliny: using cross-cultural analyses to shed light on human kinship systems

Matriliny / matrilocality is incompatible with inequality: ‘power, property and prestige' (4).

The researchers tested three different variables listed below against matriliny and matrilocality. None were significant. See table for more details.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Chi-Square	Not Supported (after Holm-Bonferroni Correction)	see table	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Surowiec, Alexandra	2019	Cattle domestication destabilizes matriliny (the cow is the enemy of matriliny) (5).	Supported	5	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Shenk, Mary K.	2019	Diachronic lineage transitions within a society are more likely to move away from matriliny than toward matriliny (p. 11).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Surowiec, Alexandra	2019	The rule of exogamous marriage is difficult to reconcile with matriliny (matrilineal puzzle) (4).	Not supported (after Holm-Bonferroni Correction)	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Surowiec, Alexandra	2019	Matriliny / matrilocality is incompatible with a focus on nuclear family (4).	Not Supported (after Holm-Bonferroni Correction)	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Surowiec, Alexandra	2019	Matriliny / matrilocality can arise from daughter-biased investment by parents and/or grandparents (4).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author