Southwestern Journal of Anthropology · 1972 · 48 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesDemographySociologyFamily DemographyKinship StudiesSocial DemographyResidence PatternsResidential SegregationCultural Norms Of Co-residenceIntergenerational Co-residence PatternsKin Co-residenceKin-based Co-residenceKinship Co-residenceMatrilineal Residence
This paper describes cross-cultural tests of several explanations of multilocal residence (the co-occurrence of any two or more fairly frequent patterns of consanguineal residence). The cross-cultural evidence supports the interpretation that depopulation may compel couples in noncommercial societies to practice more than one pattern of consanguineal residence in order to have kin with whom to live and work.