Multiple choice

Which one of the following patterns of residence reflects the ambilocal type?

  1. This type permits a couple to reside with the wife's parents for several years following their marriage

  2. The type occurs when young married couples go to live in new places of residence

  3. This type permits a couple to reside either uxorilocally or virilocally

  4. This type refers to residence in the wife's natal home
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Explanation

Ambilocal residence (also known as bilocal) allows a married couple to choose whether to live with or near the husband's family or the wife's family.

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