##  [Patrilocal Residence](/index.php/patrilocal-residence) 

  ##  [Patrilocal Residence](https://social.quantumdictionary.io/patrilocal-residence-0) 

  

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Definition

A postmarital residential pattern in which a married couple establishes residence with or near the husband's kin group, making the husband’s household or lineage the focal household for residence, alliance, and often daily economic cooperation.