Social structure
Macmillan • New York • Published In • Pages: ??•
By Murdock, George Peter
Hypothesis
". . . a widow is likely to marry the son of her husband by another wife or the son of her husband's brother where descent is patrilineal, or the sister's son of her husband under matrilineal descent. . . . a man [is likely to choose] a close unilinear relative [of his first wife]" (271)
Test Name | Support | Significance | Coefficient | Tail |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yule’s Q | Supported | p<.05 | .60 | UNKNOWN |
Variable Name | Variable Type | OCM Term(s) |
---|---|---|
Secondary Marriage | UNKNOWN | Secondary Marriages |
Unilineal Descent | UNKNOWN | Rule Of Descent |