Conditions that may favor avunculocal residence

Ember, Melvin

Conditions that may favor avunculocal residence

Behavior Science Research • Vol/Iss. 9 • Published In 1974 • Pages: 203-209 •

By Ember, Melvin

Hypothesis

"Using polygyny as an indicator of relatively high male mortality . . . avunculocal societies are significantly more likely to practice polygyny than matrilocal societies" (206)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Phi coefficient	Supported	p<.001	.32	One-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Polygyny	Independent	Polygamy
Residence	Dependent	Residence

Related Hypotheses

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Ember, Melvin	1983	Avunculocal soceities will be significantly more likely to practice polygyny than matrilocal societies (253).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Melvin	1983	Double descent societies with avunculocality will have polygyny significantly more than double descent societies that are patrilocal (254).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Melvin	1974	"Double descent societies with avunculocality should have polygyny significantly more often than the double descent societies that are patrilocal" (207)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	Societies with secret groups will tend to have avunculocal marital residence (206, 471).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Flinn, Mark V.	1986	Marriage of the mother's brother's daughter will be most common in societies with avunculocal residence (240).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author

Conditions that may favor avunculocal residence

Behavior Science Research • Vol/Iss. 9 • Published In 1974 • Pages: 203-209 • Cite

By Ember, Melvin

Hypothesis

Test

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Related Hypotheses

Behavior Science Research • Vol/Iss. 9 • Published In 1974 • Pages: 203-209 •