Role differentiation in the nuclear family:  a comparative study

". . . in patrilineal, bilateral, and dual descent cases . . . we would expect that the father would take the instrumental role" (335)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Comparison of raw scores	Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Descent Groups	Independent	Rules Of Descent
Role Differentiation	Dependent	Household, Family Relationships

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Zelditch, Morris	1955	". . . the effect of focus on mother's descent group does not reverse the allocation of roles in the nuclear family" (335)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Zelditch, Morris	1955	". . . Malinowski's hypothesis . . . states that we expect all matrilineal cases to show both father and mother [have] expressive [roles]" (329)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Carol R.	1974	". . . societies with internal warfare would tend to have at least one level of unilineal descent group typically contiguous, whereas societies with purely external warfare would not be as likely to have contiguous descent groups" (78)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Greenbaum, Lenora	1973	Possession trance will be more prevalent among societies with greater role and structure differentiation (54).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Aberle, David F.	1961	"We would expect matrilineal systems to be more frequent among the non-exogamous communities . . . And rarer among exogamous local untis . . ." (715)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author