Types of family and The social system and the family

Comparative Family Systems • Houghton Mifflin • Boston • Published In • Pages: 12-60 •
By Nimkoff, M. F.

Hypothesis

There will be a significant relationship between type of descent and mode of subsistence (40).

Note

Hunting-gathering-fishing is associated predominantly with bilateral descent, animal husbandry with patrilineal descent, and agriculture 1/2 patrilineal and 1/2 bilateral.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Chi squareSupportedp<.001UNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Rules Of DescentAssociationRules Of Descent
Subsistence PatternAssociationDiet