Rule Of Residence

Associated Documents (2)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Sweetser, Dorrian AppleOn the incompatibility of duty and affection: a note on the role of the mother's brother
Murdock, George PeterSettlement patterns and community organization: cross-cultural codes 3

Associated Hypotheses (2)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Sweetser, Dorrian Apple"[In patrilocal societies, and also in matrilocal societies,] the proportion of societies with a distinctive role for the mother's brother . . . increase[d] as the lineal-emphasis scale scores increased . . ." (1012)
Murdock, George Peter"Matrilineal descent is almost invariably found in association with either avunculocal or matrilocal residence, patrilocal residence accompanies patrilineal, ambilineal and double descent, whereas bilateral descent coexists freely with all except avunculocal rule" (273-274)

Associated OCMs

  1. residence