Marital Structure and Economic Systems
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2587972 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gary R Lee (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 701 |
| Publication date | 1979-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Marriage and the Family (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-2445 • E-ISSN: 1741-3737 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/351471 |
| OpenAlex | W2059878719 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 17 |
Several theoretical explanations on crosscultural variation in marital structure are reviewed, with primary emphasis on explanations involving economic antecedents. Hypotheses derived from one of these theories are tested on data from the Ethnographic Atlas. The results indicate that the relationship between the economic productivity qf females and the occurrence of polygyny is different in different types of economic systems, and that extant theories are too simplistic to explain these differences. Suggestions are made for further theoretical development which involve the integration of several previous theories
Biology · Economic geography · Economics · Evolutionary biology · Extant taxon · Polygyny · Population · Positive economics · Sociology · Variation (astronomy · Cooperative Studies and Economics · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Demography
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Insights From Evolutionary Anthropology on the (Pre)history of the Nuclear Family
Network Autocorrelation Regression With Binary and Ordinal Dependent Variables
Explaining Current Fertility Dynamics in Tropical Africa From an Anthropological Perspective
Reconstructing the History of Marriage Strategies in Indo-European—Speaking Societies
Wife-Husband Intimacy and Female Status in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Wealth, Status, and Reproductive Success among the Mukogodo of Kenya
The Utility of Cross-Cultural Data
Polygyny, Economy and the Role of Women
Warfare, Sex Ratio, and Polygyny
Suicide
Toward Monogamy
Sexual Division of Labor and Cross-Cultural Research
The Family, Society and the Individual
Comparative Family Systems
A Re-Examination of the Cross-Cultural Principles of Task Segregation and Sex Role Differentiation in the Family
The Evolution of Society
Women's Workload and Infant Feeding Practices
Standard Cross-Cultural Sample
Women in Modernizing Societies1
Toward a Theory of the Status of Women1
The Conditions Favoring Matrilocal Versus Patrilocal Residence
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| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,52 |
| Citation span | 1984 - 2017 (34) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |