Family Size

Associated Documents (8)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
de Munck, Victor C.Wife-husband intimacy and female status in cross-cultural perspective
Barry III, HerbertInfant socialization and games of chance
Osmond, Marie W.A cross-cultural analysis of family organization
Bondarenko, DmitriFamily size and community organization: a cross-cultural comparison
Korotayev, Andrey V.Explaining current fertility dynamics in tropical Africa from an anthropological perspective: a ...
Bondarenko, DmitriFamily Size and Community Organization: A Cross-Cultural Comparison
Garfield, Zachary H.Evolutionary Models of Leadership
Bondarenko, Dmitri M.Nuclear vs. Extended Family, Monogamy vs. Polygyny: Democracy vs. Non-Democracy? A Historical-An...

Associated Hypotheses (12)

Main AuthorHypothesis
de Munck, Victor C.Family size negatively predicts husband-wife intimacy (331)
Barry III, Herbert"Family size is positively associated with games of chance" (302)
Osmond, Marie W."The limited family [nuclear, stem and lineal] is found with complexity of economy, of stratification, and of settlement pattern; this type of family is associated with monogamous marriage and small family size" (304)
Bondarenko, Dmitri"Communities composed of small families will have an elected (formally or informally) leadership significantly more than communities composed of large extended families" (159).
Korotayev, Andrey V.Plow agriculture will be negatively associated with family size (261).
Bondarenko, DmitriCommunities composed of smaller families, as opposed to larger families, will have elected (formal or informal) leadership.
Garfield, Zachary H.Leadership will be positively associated with intelligence, knowledgeable men, polygyny, large families and more/higher quality mating opportunities.
Bondarenko, Dmitri M.Among societies with less than two levels of political hierarchy, those with large extended family structures will be less likely to have democratic communal leadership structures than those with nuclear family structures.
Bondarenko, Dmitri M.Among state societies, those with extended family structures will be less likely to have democratic communal leadership structures than those with nuclear family structures.
Bondarenko, Dmitri M.Among societies with small mean community sizes, those with extended family structures will be less likely to have democratic communal leadership structures than those with nuclear family structures.
Bondarenko, Dmitri M.Among societies with medium mean community sizes, those with extended family structures will be less likely to have democratic communal leadership structures than those with nuclear family structures.
Bondarenko, Dmitri M.Among complex town/city societies, those with extended family structures will be less likely to have democratic communal leadership structures than those with nuclear family structures.

Associated OCMs

  1. family
  2. household
  3. nuclear family
  4. extended families
  5. community heads
  6. chief executive