Replication in cross-cultural research:  descent, marriage system, and mode of production

"Subsistence type does not significantly correlate with the presence or absence of extended families" (99)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Z Scores	Supported	p<.10	`UNKNOWN`	One-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Extended Families	Dependent	Extended Families
Subsistence Pattern	Independent	Production And Supply

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Whiting, John W.M.	1968	". . . societies with multiple-roomed dwellings usually have extended families, status distinctions, or both" (122)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Zelman, Elizabeth Crouch	1974	Female pollution ritual tends will be associated with societal complexity, low female contribution to subsistence, low female status, unilineal kinship and extended families (170).	Supported	6	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Hendrix, Lewellyn	1996	Sanctions regarding illegitimacy are positively associated with presence of extended families (85).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Schlegel, Alice	1991	Father-son conflict will be less prevalent in extended family households (59).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bondarenko, Dmitri	2000	"Communities composed of small families will have an elected (formally or informally) leadership significantly more than communities composed of large extended families" (159).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author