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- "The extended family is found least often among purely nomadic or migratory bands and is most common among sedentary peoples with a fixed residence" (219)Nimkoff, M. F. - Types of family and types of economy, 1960 - 2 Variables
This article posits that nuclear, independent families are more common under certain economic conditions that affect food supply, demand for family labor, physical mobility, and property system. Empirical analysis suggests that nuclear, independent families are associated with hunting and gathering subsistence type and low social stratification.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "There is a rough relationship between type of family system and the subsistence pattern ordered according to productivity and stability: independent family most common in hunting and gathering . . . extended family prevaling where fishing, agriculture dominant . . ." (216-217)Nimkoff, M. F. - Types of family and types of economy, 1960 - 2 Variables
This article posits that nuclear, independent families are more common under certain economic conditions that affect food supply, demand for family labor, physical mobility, and property system. Empirical analysis suggests that nuclear, independent families are associated with hunting and gathering subsistence type and low social stratification.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "The greater the degree of social stratification, the greater is the tendency for the extended rather than the independent family system ot become established" (220)Nimkoff, M. F. - Types of family and types of economy, 1960 - 2 Variables
This article posits that nuclear, independent families are more common under certain economic conditions that affect food supply, demand for family labor, physical mobility, and property system. Empirical analysis suggests that nuclear, independent families are associated with hunting and gathering subsistence type and low social stratification.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "[Residence and descent are highly correlated.] Nearly all patrilineal cultures are patrilocal or matri-patrilocal. . . . If matrilineal, societies may be patrilocal or matrilocal, with the latter predominating. . . . If the rule is double descent, the cultures are almost exclusively patrilocal" (24)Nimkoff, M. F. - Types of family and The social system and the family, 1965 - 2 Variables
The author uses a world-wide sample of societies to address variation in famiy organization and the economic and social factors to which it relates.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - There will be a significant relationship between type of descent and mode of subsistence (40).Nimkoff, M. F. - Types of family and The social system and the family, 1965 - 2 Variables
The author uses a world-wide sample of societies to address variation in famiy organization and the economic and social factors to which it relates.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "…there is a relationship between residence patterns and division of labor by sex. Patrilocal patterns tend to be associated with economic dominance by males, matrilocal . . . by females" (42)Nimkoff, M. F. - Types of family and The social system and the family, 1965 - 2 Variables
The author uses a world-wide sample of societies to address variation in famiy organization and the economic and social factors to which it relates.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "…residence is associated with inheritance of property. In patrilocal societies inheritance is largely patrilineal and in matrilocal societies, matrilineal, although in the latter the degree of association is not as high as in the former" (42)Nimkoff, M. F. - Types of family and The social system and the family, 1965 - 2 Variables
The author uses a world-wide sample of societies to address variation in famiy organization and the economic and social factors to which it relates.
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