Secondary MarriageAssociated Documents (1)Main AuthorPublished YearTitleDocument TypeNumber of HypothesesMurdock, George Peter1949Social structureBook41More CiteRelated DocumentsMore By AuthorAssociated Hypotheses (1)Main AuthorPublished YearHypothesisSupportedVariables Tested Murdock, George Peter1949". . . 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)Supported2More CiteRelated HypothesesMore By AuthorAssociated OCMssecondary marriages