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- "The probability that any activity will be assigned to males is increased to the extent that it has features which give males a definite advantage, and/or females a definite disadvantage, in its performance, regardless of whether the distinction is innate or socio-cultural" (210-211)Murdock, George Peter - Factors in the division of labor by sex: a cross-cultural analysis, 1973 - 12 Variables
This article investigates factors influencing the division of labor by gender, including occupation specialization, the type of material labor involves, the presence of the plow, nomadism, and the advantage that a product may yield to either sex. Hypotheses are widely supported.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - ". . . the degree to which women participate in subsistence activities depends on the compatibility of the latter with child-care responsibilities" (211)Murdock, George Peter - Factors in the division of labor by sex: a cross-cultural analysis, 1973 - 9 Variables
This article investigates factors influencing the division of labor by gender, including occupation specialization, the type of material labor involves, the presence of the plow, nomadism, and the advantage that a product may yield to either sex. Hypotheses are widely supported.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "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)Murdock, George Peter - Factors in the division of labor by sex: a cross-cultural analysis, 1973 - 2 Variables
This article investigates factors influencing the division of labor by gender, including occupation specialization, the type of material labor involves, the presence of the plow, nomadism, and the advantage that a product may yield to either sex. Hypotheses are widely supported.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - ". . . the sex which uses a product [tends] to be the same as the sex that produces it" (212)Murdock, George Peter - Factors in the division of labor by sex: a cross-cultural analysis, 1973 - 2 Variables
This article investigates factors influencing the division of labor by gender, including occupation specialization, the type of material labor involves, the presence of the plow, nomadism, and the advantage that a product may yield to either sex. Hypotheses are widely supported.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Extra-household division of labor will be postively associated with monogamy (p. 214).Dow, Malcolm M. - When one wife is enough: a cross-cultural study of the determinants of monogamy, 2013 - 2 Variables
This article tests a myriad of factors that may have contributed to the adoption of monogamy in preindustrial societies. Results indicate that monogamy is not imposed by elites; rather, it is a strategy often chosen by women who can see no advantage to increasing the size or economic productivity of their households with more wives. The authors also assert that monogamy is generally adopted through cultural diffusion. Low pathogen stress, low risk of famine, and low endemic violence are also correlated with monogamy.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - A factor analysis of sex participation in subsistence activities yielded 2 especially significant factors. Factor 1, "processing of animal products", loaded heavily and positively on manufacture of leather products, preparation of skins, making of clothing (214)Murdock, George Peter - Factors in the division of labor by sex: a cross-cultural analysis, 1973 - 4 Variables
This article investigates factors influencing the division of labor by gender, including occupation specialization, the type of material labor involves, the presence of the plow, nomadism, and the advantage that a product may yield to either sex. Hypotheses are widely supported.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Female economic importance will be negatively associated with monogamy (p. 214).Dow, Malcolm M. - When one wife is enough: a cross-cultural study of the determinants of monogamy, 2013 - 2 Variables
This article tests a myriad of factors that may have contributed to the adoption of monogamy in preindustrial societies. Results indicate that monogamy is not imposed by elites; rather, it is a strategy often chosen by women who can see no advantage to increasing the size or economic productivity of their households with more wives. The authors also assert that monogamy is generally adopted through cultural diffusion. Low pathogen stress, low risk of famine, and low endemic violence are also correlated with monogamy.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - The introduction of the plow [leads to] increased masculine participation in all agricultural operations, not only in soil preparation (212-213)Murdock, George Peter - Factors in the division of labor by sex: a cross-cultural analysis, 1973 - 2 Variables
This article investigates factors influencing the division of labor by gender, including occupation specialization, the type of material labor involves, the presence of the plow, nomadism, and the advantage that a product may yield to either sex. Hypotheses are widely supported.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - ". . . housebuilding . . . tends strongly to be assigned to females where the mode of life is strictly nomadic . . ." (213)Murdock, George Peter - Factors in the division of labor by sex: a cross-cultural analysis, 1973 - 2 Variables
This article investigates factors influencing the division of labor by gender, including occupation specialization, the type of material labor involves, the presence of the plow, nomadism, and the advantage that a product may yield to either sex. Hypotheses are widely supported.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Preindustrial societies will have division of labor by gender (551).Murdock, George Peter - Comparative data on the division of labor by sex, 1937 - 1 Variables
Data on the distribution of economic activities between the sexes is presented. Tabulations suggest that preindustrial societies have a strong tendency to segregate labor by gender, and that no occupation is exclusively assigned to women.
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