In a society where couples reside with the wife's family, what is this arrangement called?

In a society where couples reside with the wife's family, what is this arrangement called?

• A. Matrilocal
• B. Patrilocal residence
• C. Neolocal
• D. Exogamy

Answer: (A)

Matrilocal residence describes the post-marriage living arrangement where the couple resides with the wife’s family or near them. This setup strengthens kinship and support networks around the wife’s lineage, and in many societies any inheritance, came from the mother’s line, or social ties pass through female relatives. In contrast, patrilocal residence has the couple live with the husband’s family, neolocal means establishing a new, independent household away from both families, and exogamy refers to marrying someone outside one’s own kin group. So, the described scenario fits matrilocal residence.

Matrilocal residence describes the post-marriage living arrangement where the couple resides with the wife’s family or near them. This setup strengthens kinship and support networks around the wife’s lineage, and in many societies any inheritance, came from the mother’s line, or social ties pass through female relatives. In contrast, patrilocal residence has the couple live with the husband’s family, neolocal means establishing a new, independent household away from both families, and exogamy refers to marrying someone outside one’s own kin group. So, the described scenario fits matrilocal residence.