Social structure

Murdock, George Peter

Social structure

Macmillan • New York • Published In 1949 • Pages: ??•

By Murdock, George Peter

Hypothesis

"A relative eligible for marriage is likely to be a permissable sex object in advance of marriage, whereas a relative with whom marriage is forbidden tends to be ineligible also for premarital relations" (271-272)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Yule’s Q	Supported	Not Applicable	.99	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Marriage Regulation (fasida)	Independent	Regulation Of Marriage
Premarital Sex Relations	Dependent	Premarital Sex Relations

Related Hypotheses

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Murdock, George Peter	1949	". . . any relative called by a kinship term that is also applied to a kinsman who is genealogically closer to Ego, and with whom marriage or sex relations are forbidden, tends to be placed in a similar taboo category" (311)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	There will tend to be lower levels of sex anxiety in societies freely permitting or with weak punishments for premarital sexual relations (390, 398).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Whiting, John W.M.	1986	Shorter length of maidenhood and prohibition of premarital sex will be associated with patrilineal descent (293-4).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Schlegel, Alice	1991	Kin control over marriage will be positively associated with restrictiveness of premarital sex norms (120).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Šaffa, Gabriel	2022	Female premarital sex is more likely to be restricted in societies where marriage arrangements are under parental control.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author

Social structure

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By Murdock, George Peter

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Macmillan • New York • Published In 1949 • Pages: ??•