The avunculate: a cross-cultural critique of Claude Levi-Strauss

Behavior Science Notes • Vol/Iss. 5 • Published In • Pages: 97-115 •
By Ryder, James W., Blackman, Margaret B.

Hypothesis

". . . in the avunculate . . . the relation between maternal uncle and nephew is to the relation between brother and sister as the relation between father and son is to that between husband and wife". [Attitudes are either free and familiar or hostile and reserved] (99, 100)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Comparison of raw scoresNot SupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN