Deliberate instruction and household structure: a cross-cultural study

Harvard Educational Review • Published In • Pages: 301-342 •
By Herzog, John D.

Hypothesis

"Among all societies with a low degree of political integration, only those with extended households tend to employ Type II instruction [deliberate instruction by non-kin without change of residence] at least as often as they employ no instruction at all" (327)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Fisher’s exact testSupportedp<.05UNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Extended HouseholdsIndependentExtended Families
Low Level Of Political IntegrationIndependentTerritorial Organization, Territorial Hierarchy
Type Of InstructionDependentEducation System

Related Hypotheses

Main AuthorHypothesis
Herzog, John D."The table shows that nuclear household societies with a high degree of complexity do not involve their women in subsistence pursuits, and at the same time employ Type II instruction [deliberate instruction by non-kin without change of residence]; it shows the reverse for nuclear societies with low complexity" (332)
Herzog, John D."Mother-child and polygynous societies are somewhat more likely than nuclear and extended to employ concurrently both Type II and Type III instruction [deliberate instruction by non-kin without change of residence and deliberate instruction by non-kin with change of residence]" (319)
Herzog, John D.". . . nuclear societies of low political complexity are significantly less likely than other societies to employ either Type II or Type III instruction [deliberate instruction by non-kin without change of residence and deliberate instruction by non-kin with change of residence]" (329)
Herzog, John D."With regard to Type II instruction [deliberate instruction by non-kin without change of residence], societies with different household types are affected dissimilarly by political integration" (319)
Herzog, John D."Polygynous societies are intermediate [in the type of instruction employed]" (319)