Repercussions of patrilocal residence on mothers' social support networks among Tsimane forager–farmers

Edmond Seabright, Sarah Alami, Thomas S. Kraft, Helen Davis, Ann E. Caldwell, Paul L. Hooper, Lisa Mcallister, Sarah Mulville, Christopher von Rueden, Benjamin C. Trumble, Jonathan Stieglitz, Michael Gurven and Hillard Kaplan
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Edmond Seabright: UM6P - Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique = Mohammed VI Polytechnic University [Ben Guerir], The University of New Mexico [Albuquerque] - NMC - New Mexico Consortium
Sarah Alami: UM6P - Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique = Mohammed VI Polytechnic University [Ben Guerir], UC Santa Barbara - University of California [Santa Barbara] - UC - University of California
Thomas S. Kraft: University of Utah
Helen Davis: Harvard University
Ann E. Caldwell: University of Colorado
Paul L. Hooper: The University of New Mexico [Albuquerque] - NMC - New Mexico Consortium, Chapman University
Lisa Mcallister: Penn State - Pennsylvania State University - Penn State System
Sarah Mulville: The University of Tennessee [Knoxville]
Christopher von Rueden: University of Richmond
Benjamin C. Trumble: ASU - Arizona State University [Tempe]
Jonathan Stieglitz: TSE-R - Toulouse School of Economics - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - UT - Université de Toulouse - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement
Michael Gurven: UC Santa Barbara - University of California [Santa Barbara] - UC - University of California
Hillard Kaplan: The University of New Mexico [Albuquerque] - NMC - New Mexico Consortium

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Abstract: While it is commonly thought that patrilocality is associated with worse outcomes for women and their children due to lower social support, few studies have examined whether the structure of female social networks covaries with post-marital residence. Here, we analyse scan sample data collected among Tsimane forager–farmers. We compare the social groups and activity partners of 181 women residing in the same community as their parents, their husband's parents, both or neither. Relative to women living closer to their in-laws, women living closer to their parents are less likely to be alone or solely in the company of their nuclear family (odds ratio (OR): 0.6, 95% CI: 0.3–0.9), and more likely to be observed with others when engaging in food processing and manufacturing of market or household goods, but not other activities. Women are slightly more likely to receive childcare support from outside the nuclear family when they live closer to their parents (OR = 1.8, 95% CI 0.8–3.9). Their social group size and their children's probability of receiving allocare decrease significantly with distance from their parents, but not their in-laws. Our findings highlight the importance of women's proximity to kin, but also indicate that patrilocality per se is not costly to Tsimane women.

Keywords: Post-marital residence; Social networks; Allocare; Maternal support; Tsimane (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-01
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Published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2023, 378 (1868), ⟨10.1098/rstb.2021.0442⟩

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DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0442

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