The status of women in preindustrial societies

Matrilocal postmarital residence rules will be associated with higher status for women (33)

see p.133 for results.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
`UNKNOWN`	Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Matrilocal Residence	Independent	Residence
Women's Status, High	Dependent	Gender Status

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Broude, Gwen J.	1989	Matrilocal/ambilocal residence will be positively associated with higher female status (162).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Lee, Gary R.	1979	The status of the elderly will be positively associated with unilocal residence, with a patrilocal system predicting high elderly male status and a matrilocal system predicting high elderly female status (432).	Partially supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Melvin	1971	"Our hypothesis is that men will do more than women in subsistence unless warfare prevents them from doing so" (579)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	Societies where the status of women is inferior or subjected will tend to have patrilocal marital residence (205, 277).	Marginally Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Melvin	1971	". . . conditions that enhance the status of males are polygyny, moveable property such as herds or slaves or money, multilocal political integration, and warfare . . . [and] each . . . should predict male localization" (576)	Supported	6	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author