Participation/influence In Government

Associated Documents (1)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Simmons, Leo W.The role of the aged in primitive society

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Main AuthorHypothesis
Simmons, Leo W.Prestige of the aged is negatively correlated with severe climate and impermanent residence. It is positively correlated for aged men and women where they have property rights and influence in government. Aged women enjoy more prestige in hunting-gathering and fishing societies and in societies where matrilineal family organization prevails. Aged men have high prestige where the food supply is constant, where family organization type is patrilineal, in herding and framing societies, and w...

Associated OCMs

  1. political behavior