matrilocal

Adjective

Meaning

(of a married couple) Living with the family of the wife; uxorilocal.

(anthropology, of a people or culture) In which newly married couples live with the wife's family.

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After marriage, the couple was matrilocal (the husband moved to the wife's mother's house upon marriage). Source: Internet

However, Korotayev 's tests show that the female contribution to subsistence does correlate significantly with matrilocal residence in general. Source: Internet

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