Nuclear Family

Associated Documents (7)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Murdock, George PeterSocial structure
Schlegel, AliceAdolescents at play: a cross-cultural study of adolescent games
Whyte, Martin KingThe status of women in preindustrial societies
Schlegel, AliceAdolescence: an anthropological inquiry
Baudin, ThomasEconomics and Family Structures
de Munck, Victor C.Love, Marriage, Family Organization and the Puzzle of Neolocality in Non-Industrial Societies: A...
Surowiec, AlexandraA worldwide view of matriliny: using cross-cultural analyses to shed light on human kinship systems

Associated Hypotheses (9)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Murdock, George Peter"In the absence of clans and of polygamous and extended families, the isolated nuclear family tend to be associated with kinship terminology of the lineal type" (157)
Schlegel, AliceCompetitive games will be associated with small and monogamous family organization (37).
Whyte, Martin KingLarge extended family households will be negatively associated with women's status; Nuclear family households will be positively associated with women's status (35)
Schlegel, AliceInculcation of competitiveness will be associated with certain societal traits (162).
Schlegel, AliceInculcation of aggression will be associated with certain societal variables (163).
Surowiec, AlexandraMatriliny/matrilocality is associated with the absence of nuclear families.
Baudin, ThomasNuclear family type will be positively correlated with GDP.
Baudin, ThomasNuclear family type will be positively correlated with access to justice.
de Munck, Victor C.Societies with nuclear families are more likely to have romantic love as a basis for marriage than other societies.

Associated OCMs

  1. nuclear family
  2. polygamy
  3. extended families