Household and Domestic Organization

  1. Introduction
  2. Defining the Household
  3. Residence Rules
    1. Neolocality
    2. Patrilocality
    3. Matrilocality
    4. Avunculocality
    5. Natalocality
    6. Matrifocality
 Examples
  1. Turkish Village
  2. Igbo
  3. Akan
  4. Dani
  5. Hopi
  6. African American

© Brian Schwimmer, All rights reserved
Department of Anthropology
University of Manitoba
Created: October 2003