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affines
In-laws, or people related by marriage
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ambilocal residence
Residence form in which couples choose whether to live with the wife's or the husband's family.
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avunculocal residence
Residence form in which couples live with or near the mother's brother of the husband. Husband's maternal uncle.
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bridewealth
Custom in which a prospective groom and his relatives are required to transfer goods to the relatives of the bride to validate the marriage.
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brideservice
Custom in which a man spends a period of time working for the family of his wife.
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bilocal residence
Postmarital residence in which couples move between the households of both sets of parents.
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consanguines
"Blood" relatives, or people related by birth.
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dowry
Custom in which the family of a woman transfers property or wealth to her and/or her husband's family upon her marriage.
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extended family
A group of related nuclear families
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exogamous rules
Marriage rules prohibiting individuals from marrying a member of their own social group or category.
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endogamous rules
Marriage rules requiring individuals to marry some member of their own social group or category.
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fictive kinship
Condition in which people who are not biologically related behave as if they are relatives of a certain type.
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group marriage
Several women and several men are married to one another simultaneously.
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household
A dwelling or compound whos composition is culturally variable but lived in by people, usually relatives or fictive kin, who cooperate for some purposes and share some resources; a kin group of one or more nuclear families who live in the same physical space.
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incest taboo
Prohibition against sexual intercourse between certain kinds of relatives.
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kin group
A group of people who culturally conceive themselves to be relatives, cooperate in certain activities, and share a sense of identitiy as kinfolk.
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levirate
Custom whereby a widow marries a male relative (usually a brother) of her deceased husband.
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monogamy
Each individual is allowed to have only one spouse at a time.
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marriage alliances
The relationships created between families or kin groups by intermarriage.
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matrilocal residence
Residence form in which couples live with or near the wife's parents.
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matrifocal family
Family group consisting of a mother and her children, with a male only loosely attached or not present at all.
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nuclear family
Family group consisting of a married couple and their offspring.
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neolocal residence
Residence form in which a couple establishes a separate household apart from both the husband's and the wife's parents.
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polygyny
One man is allowed to have multiple wives
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polyandry
One woman is alloewd to have multiple husbands.
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polygamy
Multiple spouses
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postmarital residence pattern
Where the majority of newly married couples establish their own residence.
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patrilocal residence
Residence form in which couples live with or near the husband's parents.
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sororate
Custom whereby a widower marries a female relative of his deceased wife.
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