Divorce Rates

Associated Documents (2)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Ackerman, CharlesAffiliations: Structural Determinants of Differential Divorce Rates
Ackerman, CharlesConjunctive Affiliation and Divorce

Associated Hypotheses (7)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Ackerman, CharlesThe levirate, which completely severs the wife from her prior affiliations and incorporates her into her husband's affiliations, should be a sufficient condition, in societies practicing it, to produce a low divorce rate (475)
Ackerman, CharlesBy combining both community and consanguine endogamy, achieving a maximum of conjunctive affiliation, societies should have a strengthened association with low divorce rate. The reverse should be true for societies with combined community and consanguine exogamy (473)
Ackerman, Charles"Low divorce rates are associated with community endogamy, and high divorce rates are associated with community exogamy" (472)
Ackerman, Charles"Low divorce rates are associated with consaguine endogamy, and high divorce rates are associated with consanguine exogamy" (472)
Ackerman, CharlesIn bilateral societies community endogamy ( vs. exogamy) is negatively associated with divorce rates.
Ackerman, CharlesIn bilateral societies consanguine endogamy (vs. exogamy) is negatively associated with divorce rates.
Ackerman, CharlesIn bilateral societies a combination of community and consanguine endogamy and exogamy are associated. In lineal societies, the levirate will predict low divorce rates. (p. 476)

Associated OCMs

  1. termination of marriage