Avunculocality and incest: the development of unilateral cross-cousin marriage and Crow-Omaha kinship systems

American Anthropologist Vol/Iss. 63 Published In Pages: 747-771
By Eyde, David B., Postal, Paul M.

Hypothesis

"There is a high association within the universe of nonbilateral societies which allow first cross-cousin marriage and which are either matrilocal or avunculocal, between avunculocality and Crow terminology" (760-761)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Yule’s QSupportedp<.05.81UNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
AvunculocalityIndependentResidence
Cross-cousin MarriageDependentRegulation Of Marriage
Crow Kinship TerminologyDependentKinship Terminology