Factors in the division of labor by sex: a cross-cultural analysis

Ethnology Vol/Iss. 12 Published In Pages: 203-225
By Murdock, George Peter, Provost, Caterina

Hypothesis

"With the development of a complex division of labor by occupation, our data reveal a tendency to assign fully specialized tasks to male craftsmen, even in regions where the same activity is ordinarily performed by women in neighboring societies with a less complex economic organization" (213)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Comparison of raw scoresSupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN