Matrilocal Marital Residence

Associated Documents (2)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Stewart, Robert A. C.Cultural dimensions: a factor analysis of textor's a cross-cultural summary
Textor, Robert B. A Cross-Cultural Summary: Marital Residence

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Stewart, Robert A. C.Findings: A factor analysis of key dimensions to describe a given culture yielded 12 factors. Factor 4, "paternal authority", loaded highly and positively on household authority with father; high early aggression satisfaction potential; and patrilocal marital residence. Factor 4 loaded highly and negatively on desert grasses; matrilocal marital residence; Athabaskan linguistic affiliation; high anal socialization anxiety; modesty training six years or higher; and matrilineal kin group (58)
Stewart, Robert A. C.Findings: A factor analysis of key dimensions to describe a given culture yielded 12 factors. Factor 5, "matrilineal kin groups", loaded highly and positively on Crow-type cousin terminology; kin group matrilineal; community segmented on a clan basis; matrilocal marital residence; cousin marriage unilateral; codified laws present. Factor 5 loaded highly and negatively on kin groups patrilineal or double descent; marital residence patrilocal (59)
Textor, Robert B. Societies where infanticide is absent or inferred absent will tend to have matrilocal marital residence (208, 296).

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