The social structure of grandparenthood

American Anthropologist Vol/Iss. 58(4) Blackwell Publishing Ltd Published In Pages: 656-663
By Apple, Dorrian

Hypothesis

"For societies in which the relationships of grandchildren are the same with both sets of grandparents, . . . when the grandparental generation continues to exercise considerable authority over the parental generation after the grandchildren are born, the relation of the grandchildren to the grandparents will not be one of friendly equality . . . ; when there is no such authority, there will be friendly equality" (657)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Chi squareSupportedp<.001UNKNOWNUNKNOWN