Women’s status and mode of production: a cross-cultural test

Journal of Women in Culture and Society • Vol/Iss. 13 • Published In 1988 • Pages: 437-453 •

By Hendrix, Lewellyn, Hossain, Zakir

Abstract

This article presents a materialist approach to the study of women's status. The authors test a Marxist-feminist theory which situates women's status as the end effect in a causal chain that begins with the mode of production and is mediated by the extent to which women control production. Results point to separate, rather than confounding, effects of these two factors on the status of women.

Samples
Sample Used	Coded Data	Comment
Standard Cross Cultural Sample (SCCS)	Other Researchers	maximum subsample of 93 cases

Hypotheses (3)
Hypothesis	Supported
Women's control of property (a proxy for their control of economic production) will be positively associated with indicators of high social status for women and negatively associated with indicators of low status (440).	Partially supported
Less communal modes of production will be associated with lower levels of property control for women (440).	Not Supported
Less communal modes of production will be associated with lower status for women and these relationships will hold when controlling for women's control of property.	Supported

Documents and Hypotheses Filed By: Kate Cummings Tahlisa Brougham

Women’s status and mode of production: a cross-cultural test

Journal of Women in Culture and Society • Vol/Iss. 13 • Published In 1988 • Pages: 437-453 • Cite

By Hendrix, Lewellyn, Hossain, Zakir

Abstract

Samples

Hypotheses (3)

Journal of Women in Culture and Society • Vol/Iss. 13 • Published In 1988 • Pages: 437-453 •