Marriage Transactions

Associated Documents (3)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Apostolou, MenelaosBridewealth as an instrument of male parental control over mating: evidence from the standard cr...
Schlegel, AliceMarriage transactions: labor, property, status
Schlegel, AliceAdolescence: an anthropological inquiry

Associated Hypotheses (10)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Apostolou, MenelaosSubsistence type is associated with marriage transactions (211)
Apostolou, MenelaosMarital residence is associated with marriage transactions (211)
Schlegel, AliceDistribution of marriage transactions will be associated with subsistence technology such that dowry is more common in agricultural societies (295-6).
Schlegel, AliceDistribution of marriage transactions will be associated with social stratification such that dowry is more common in stratified societies (296-7).
Schlegel, AliceDistribution of marriage transactions will be associated with postmarital residence (297-8).
Schlegel, AliceDistribution of marriage transactions will be associated with female contribution to subsistence such that bridewealth is more common where female contribution is high (298-9).
Schlegel, AliceLater ending of adolescence is positively associated with marriage transactions (101).
Schlegel, AliceKin control over marriage is positively associated with marriage transactions (104).
Schlegel, AlicePresence of marriage transactions will be positively associated with restrictions on female premarital intercourse (113).
Schlegel, AliceThe negative association between marriage transactions and permissiveness toward female premarital sex will be more likely in societies in which adolescence ends early (117).

Associated OCMs

  1. mode of marriage
  2. arranging a marriage