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In social anthropology, patrilocal residence or patrilocality, also known as virilocal residence or virilocality, are terms referring to the social system in which a married couple resides with or near the husband's parents.
Also known as matrilocality, uxorilocality, or an uxorilocal residence, a matrilocal residence refers to a system where a married couple lives close or together with the parents of the wife.
There are four major residence patterns, Neolocal, Patrilocal, Matrilocal, and Avunculocal. Neolocal Residence is most common with North American couples. This is where the couple finds their own house, independent from all family members.
A patrimatrilocal residence is when a couple first lives with the husband’s family and then after a period of time, the wife’s family. When spouses live with the husband’s family they are living (adjective) patrilocal or (adjective) patrilocally.
There are four main types of residence customs after marriage: neolocal, virilocal (aka patrilocal), (uxorilocal) matrilocal, and avunculocal.
Patrilocal or virilocal residence refers to the practice where a newly married couple resides with or near the husband’s parents. This pattern is common in patriarchal societies. Key features include: Ensuring continuity of patrilineage. Property typically inherited along male lines. Women often move away from their natal homes post-marriage.
A patrilocal residence pattern emerges when a couple lives near or with the husband's parents; in history and even in the modern day, this is the most common form of residence pattern.
Patrilocal residence is a social system in which a married couple resides with or near the husband's parents. It reflects a preference for living arrangements that emphasize paternal lineage and heritage.
Most of the world’s societies (approximately seventy per cent) practice patrilocal residence and are characterized by the presence of fraternal interest groups, which have been shown to be conducive to the frequent feuding and internal warfare that also characterizes these societies.
Patrilocal: In this residence pattern the newlyweds live with or near the husband’s family. This is the most common form found in the world. It is prevalent in societies where solidarity of the male group is important; e.g., where there is heavy labor to be done or frequent warfare.