A worldwide view of matriliny: using cross-cultural analyses to shed light on human kinship systems
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B • Vol/Iss. 347(1780) • n/a • • Published In • Pages: 1-12 •
By Surowiec, Alexandra, Snyder, Kate T., Creanza, Nicole
Hypothesis
Matriliny / matrilocality is incompatible with inequality: ‘power, property and prestige' (4).
Note
The researchers tested three different variables listed below against matriliny and matrilocality. None were significant. See table for more details.
Test Name | Support | Significance | Coefficient | Tail |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chi-Square | Not Supported (after Holm-Bonferroni Correction) | see table | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN |