Types of Family and Types of Economy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2205259 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M F Nimkoff, Russell Middleton |
| Year | 1960 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 215-225 |
| Publication date | 1960-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/222873 |
| OpenAlex | W2001164680 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 54 |
An analysis of 549 cultures included in Murdock's "World Ethnographic Sample" reveals a rough relationship between type of family system and certain economic factors-especially the subsistence pattern and the amount of family property. The independent family system tends to predominate in hunting and gathering societies, the extended family where there is a more ample and secure food supply. The extended family system tends to be associated with social stratification, even when subsistence patterns are held constant, and is functionally adapted to the control of property. Deviant cases reveal that migration, warfare, and heavy seasonal demands on labor may also have an effect upon the family system
Agriculture · Biology · Demographic economics · Economics · Ethnography · Family economy · Geography · Market economy · Property (philosophy) · Social science · Social stratification · Sociology · Subsistence agriculture · Subsistence economy · Anthropology · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Ecology · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Historical Economic and Social Studies
Cultural transmission, property rights, and treatment of the elderly
Family and Household
Societal Complexity and Family Structure, Functionality and Influence
Social Work, Social Welfare, and the American Family
The Logic of Sentiment
Kinship in the Seventies
Kinship as a Factor in Migration
Social Structure, Socialization Values, and Disciplinary Techniques
Family Norms in a Rapidly Industrializing Society
The Determinants of Family Structure in Rural South India
Extended Family Structure and Fertility
Closing the Circle
Industrial Impact on Family Formation in Barbados, West Indies
A Trial Model of Cultural Ecology
Supervision and Conformity
Measuring Modernism
Societal Complexity and Familial Complexity
The Historical Evolution of Mankind's Inner and Outer Dimensions
Traditionelle und Moderne Lebensstile in Afrika
Kinship (Early Human), the Archaeological Evidence for
Family Dynamics and Interpersonal Strengths
Worldwide cross-cultural studies and their relevance for archaeology
Aard en voorkoms van verskillende gesinstrukture in die samelewing
The Nuclear and the Extended Family
Residential Group Types, Virilocality, and Migration
The Role of the Family in Mountain Pastoralism—Change and Continuity
Post-Soviet Transformations in Pastoral Systems in the North Caucasus
Kinship systems and adaptation to modernization
Sampling Methods, Functional Associations, and Galton's Problem
Cross-Cultural Ratings of Subsistence Activities and Sex Division of Labor
Family Structure and Socialization Patterns in Taiwan
Social Change and Type of Marriage
Agricultural practices and household organization in a Japanese pioneer community of lowland Bolivia
Debatable Marriages
The Substantive Contributions of Worldwide Cross-Cultural Studies Using Secondary Data
What We Know and What We Don’t Know About Variation in Social Organization
Blood is Thicker Than Water
Explaining Current Fertility Dynamics in Tropical Africa From an Anthropological Perspective
Family Size and Community Organization
Family Structure in Village Lonikand, India
Urbanization, plural marriage, and family size in two African cities1
Cultural Dynamics and the Development of the Oneota Life-Way in Wisconsin
Ethnicity and Fertility
Social Change and Psychocultural Continuity in Alpine Italian Family Life
Is Inequality Demographically Induced? The Family Cycle and the Distribution of Income in Taiwan
What Have We Learned from Cross-Cultural Surveys?1
Cultural Dimensions
The Relationship of Family Bonds to Family Structure and Function Across Cultures
Intrafamily Acculturation of Values in Greece
Structural Tightness and Cross-Cultural Research
Psychological Differentiation in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Integrative Cognitive Style in Middle Eastern and Western Groups
Work-sharing families
Social Relations of Widows in Urbanizing Societies
| Unique citing works | 54 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,89 |
| Citation span | 1965 - 2026 (62) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 37 |