Marital residence with kin: prevailing pattern [EA012]

Description: The prevailing profile of marital residence in the society.

Codes [click for detailed code description]
Code # Code
1 Avunculocal, i.e., normal residence with or near the maternal uncle or other male matrilineal kinsmen of the husband
2 Ambilocal, i.e., residence established optionally with or near the parents of either the husband or the wife, depending upon circumstances or personal choice, where neither alternative exceeds the other in actual frequency by a ratio greater than two to one.
3 Optionally uxorilocal or avunculocal. This may be the case in a uxorilocal society where many men marry a MoBrDa and thus, in fact, live avunculocally
4 Optionally patrilocal (or virilocal) or avunculocal
5 Matrilocal, i.e., normal residence with or near the female matrilineal kinsmen of the wife. Cf. U Uxorilocal
6 Neolocal, i.e., normal residence apart from the relatives of both spouses or at a place not determined by the kin ties of either
7 Nonestablishment of a common household, i.e., where both spouses remain in their natal households, sometimes called "duolocal" or "natolocal" residence
8 Patrilocal, i.e., normal residence with or near the male patrilineal kinsmen of the husband. Cf. V Virilocal
9 Uxorilocal. Equivalent to "matrilocal" but confined to instances where the wife's matrikin are not aggregated in matrilocal and matrilineal kin groups
10 Virilocal. Equivalent to "patrilocal" but confined to instances where the husband's patrikin are not aggregated in patrilocal and patrilineal kin groups
11 Ambilocal, with a marked preponderance of uxorilocal practice (i.e., uxorilocal option exceeds virilocal option in actual frequency by a ratio greater than two to one).
12 Ambilocal, with a marked preponderance of virilocal practice (i.e., virilocal option exceeds uxorilocal option in actual frequency by a ratio greater than two to one).

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Dataset:
Murdock et al. 1999 'Ethnographic Atlas'
Variable:
Marital residence with kin: prevailing pattern [EA012]
Description:
The prevailing profile of marital residence in the society.
Values:
1 Avunculocal 54
2 Ambilocal 83
3 Avuncu-uxorilocal 5
4 Avuncu-virilocal 11
5 Matrilocal 58
6 Neolocal 62
7 Separate 8
8 Patrilocal 638
9 Uxorilocal 45
10 Virilocal 159
11 Ambi-uxo 37
12 Ambi-viri 107
Datapoint Society Language family Details Focal year Subcase