Replication in cross-cultural research: descent, marriage system, and mode of production

Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde • Vol/Iss. 127 • Published In • Pages: 82-145 •
By De Leeuwe, J.

Hypothesis

"We . . . predict that bilaterality, in whatever form, is linked proportionally more often with the highest technological level known to us (versus all other technological levels) than unilineality is" (92)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Z ScoresSupportedp<.001UNKNOWNOne-tailed

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Bilateral DescentDependentRule Of Descent
Technological LevelIndependentProduction And Supply

Related Hypotheses

Main AuthorHypothesis
McClelland, David C."Low male solidarity, non-lineal descent (i.e., bilateral descent), and lack of a jurisdictional hierarchy at the [extra] local level [indicators of low structural differentiation] are all related to each other and to drinking" (64)
Sheils, DeanThere will be an association between agricultural level and descent type. Cognatic descent will be more customary among hunter-gatherers and advanced agrarians than amid simple agrarians and simple and advanced horticulturalists.
Ember, Carol R.". . . 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)
Aberle, David F."Both matrilineal and patrilineal systems tend to cluster at the 'minimal state' level by comparison with bilateral systems, which tend to appear at the extremes of political scope" (684)
Ember, Carol R.". . . there is a positive association between the number of putative unilineal groups at the highest level of unilineal descent in the society and the total number of persons in the society" (85)