Can the hypothesis of a nuclear family organization be tested statistically
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4269269 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brian P Bradley, Franklin F Mendels |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 381 |
| Publication date | 1978-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Population Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2173568 |
| OpenAlex | W4233888266, W2006083146 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 4 |
The analysis of censuses for pre-industrial Europe has caused doubts about the supposed dominance of stem and joint family organization in earlier times. Using a hypothetical example of a nuclear family organization where extended composition is only found when widowed persons find shelter in the household of one of their children, we show that both the expected value and the variance of the estimated frequency of extended composition are high under demographic circumstances typical of pre-industrial Europe. This makes inferences about family organization based on data concerning family composition hazardous
Biology · Business · Composition (language) · Dominance (genetics) · Nuclear family · Political science · Sociology · Statistics · Value (mathematics) · Variance (accounting) · Accounting · Demography · Evolution and Genetic Dynamics · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Mathematics · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.12 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1984 - 2014 (31) |
| Highly cited | No |