Titre du document / Document title

Form of marriage, sexual division of labor, and postmarital residence in cross-cultural perspective: A reconsideration = Forme du mariage, division sexuelle du travail, et résidence postmaritale dans une perspective interculturelle : Une reconsidération

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

KOROTAYEV Andrey ⁽¹⁾ ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

⁽¹⁾ Anthropology of the East Program, Russian State University for the Humanities, 6 Miusskaya Ploshchad', Moscow 125267, RUSSIE, FEDERATION DE

Résumé / Abstract

Early theories explaining the determinants of postmarital residence connected it with the sexual division of labor. However, to date, cross-cultural tests of this hypothesis using worldwide samples have failed to find any significant relationship between these two variables. The A.'s tests show that the female contribution to subsistence does correlate significantly with matrilocal residence in general; however, this correlation is masked by a general polygyny factor. Although an increase in the female contribution to subsistence tends to lead to matrilocal residence, it also tends simultaneously to lead to general non-sororal polygyny which effectively destroys matrilocality. If this polygyny factor is controlled (e. g., through a multiple regression model), division of labor turns out to be a significant predictor of postmarital residence. Thus, Murdock's hypotheses regarding the relationships between the sexual division of labor and postmarital residence were basically correct, though the actual relationships between those two groups of variables are more complicated than he expected.

Revue / Journal Title

Journal of anthropological research    ISSN  0091-7710   CODEN JAPRCP 

Source / Source

2003, vol. 59, n^o1, pp. 69-89 [21 page(s) (article)] (2 p.1/2)

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, ETATS-UNIS  (1973) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Theory

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Multiple Regression Analysis

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Cross-cultural comparison

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Polygyny

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Polygamy

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Sexual division of labour

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Patrilocality

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Matrilocality

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Residence

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Marriage

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Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Théorie

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Analyse de régression multiple

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Comparaison interculturelle

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Polygynie

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Polygamie

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Division sexuelle du travail

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Patrilocalité

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Matrilocalité

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Résidence

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Mariage

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Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 24941, 35400010955517.0040