Parental choice: what parents want in a son-in-law and a daughter-in-law across 67 pre-industrial societies

Parents will value traits differently in son-in-laws and daughter-in-laws (697).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Chi square	Supported	p<.05	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Parental Preference	Dependent	Basis Of Marriage, Regulation Of Marriage
Sex Of In-law	Independent	Gender Status, Gender Roles And Issues

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Apostolou, Menelaos	2010	Parents tend to prefer individuals with traits beneficial to them and their kin (697).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Apostolou, Menelaos	2010	Parental preferences will vary according to the subsistence type of a given society (697).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Apostolou, Menelaos	2008	The imposition of bridewealth and brideservice are used by parents to aid in their selection of a son-in-law (91).	`UNKNOWN`	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Pans, A.E.M.J.	1998	Mother-in-law/son-in-law avoidance will be positively associated with economic interaction between mother-in-law and son-in-law (74, 77).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Witkowski, Stanley	1972	Father-in-law/daughter-in-law avoidance should be more likely to occur where there is household co-residence (243, 250)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author