Effects of residential mobility on the ratio of average house floor area to average household size: implications for demographic reconstructions in archaeology

Cross-Cultural Research • Published In • Pages: 72-86 •
By Porcic, Marko

Hypothesis

Expected that more mobile societies have lower ratio of average household size to average house floor area than more sedentary societies (75).

Note

A Mann-Whitney test also suggested a significant difference between mobile and sedentary societies (p<0.002).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
t-testSupportedp<.001UNKNOWNOne-tailed

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Floor Area, Dwelling Per PersonDependentDwellings
Mobility, ResidentialIndependentSettlement Patterns