Extended Family Household

Associated Documents (2)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Minturn, LeighCultural patterning of sexual beliefs and behavior
Stephens, William N.The family in cross-cultural perspective

Associated Hypotheses (2)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Minturn, Leigh"[There is easier divorce in] societies without monetary arrangements . . . in societies with extended family households . . . and in societies with matrilocal residence" (308)
Stephens, William N."[There is] a decided though imperfect tendency for marriage to be either arranged or by parents' consent when either unilineal kin groups or frequent extended-family households are present" (198)

Associated OCMs

  1. nuclear family
  2. extended families