The material culture and social institutions of the simpler peoples: an essay in correlation

Chapman and Hall • London • Published In • Pages: ??•
By Hobhouse, L. T., Wheeler, G. C., Ginsberg, M.

Hypothesis

Consideration given for the bride as a basis of marriage and particularly outright purchase increases markedly with the advance of economic culture (155)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Comparison of percentagesSupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Consideration Given For The BrideDependentMode Of Marriage
Economic DevelopmentIndependentTillage, Diet, Production And Supply

Related Hypotheses

Main AuthorHypothesis
Murdock, George Peter"Payment of a bride-price or other consideration is particularly common under patrilocal or matri-patrilocal residence when the bride is removed . . . from her home [and] from the local community in which she has grown up" (20)
Hobhouse, L. T.Divorce, whether by will of either party, consent of both, or subject to bride price adjustments, is unrelated to economic development (165)
Murdock, George Peter". . . some form of consideration ordinarily accompanies marriage when residence rules remove the bride from her home" (20)
Stewart, Robert A. C.Findings: A factor analysis of key dimensions to describe a given culture yielded 12 factors. Factor 2, "father-centered family", loaded highly and positively on patrilocal marital residence and bride price; patrilineal kin group; castes present; Circum-Mediterranean, with Afro-Asiatic linguistic affiliation; active high god; and subsistence by animal husbandry. Factor 2 loaded highly and negatively on painful female initiation rites (57)
Stewart, Robert A. C.Findings: A factor analysis of key dimensions to describe a given culture yielded 12 factors. Factor 12, "adolescent peer group activity", loaded highly and positively on time and setting of adolescent peer groups; conflict regarding achievement and obedient behavor of child; exhibitionistic dancing emphasized; and kin group patrilineal or double descent. Factor 12 loaded negatively on games of skill and wives obtained by bride price (64)