Type Of Family

Associated Documents (5)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Osmond, Marie W.A cross-cultural analysis of family organization
Lee, Gary R.Mate-selection systems and criteria: variation according to family structure
Nimkoff, M. F.Types of family and types of economy
Balkwell, CarolynSubsistence economy, family structure and the status of the elderly
Evascu, Thomas L.A holocultural study of societal organization and modes of marriage: a general evolutionary model

Associated Hypotheses (8)

Main AuthorHypothesis
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)
Lee, Gary R.Romantic love as a criterion in mate selection will be negatively associated with the prevalence of extended families (323).
Nimkoff, M. F."There is a rough relationship between type of family system and the subsistence pattern ordered according to productivity and stability: independent family most common in hunting and gathering . . . extended family prevaling where fishing, agriculture dominant . . ." (216-217)
Nimkoff, M. F."The greater the degree of social stratification, the greater is the tendency for the extended rather than the independent family system ot become established" (220)
Balkwell, CarolynSubsistence economy and type of family will predict status for the elderly (427)
Balkwell, CarolynSubsistence economy, transfer of wealth at marriage and type of family will predict status of the elderly (427)
Evascu, Thomas L."[There is an] absence of association between family type and modes of marriage . . . and between women's contribution to subsistence and modes of marriage" (157)
Evascu, Thomas L."Results support the expected relationship between . . . societal differentiation and family type" (155)

Associated OCMs

  1. family
  2. household
  3. nuclear family
  4. extended families