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Table 7. — Frequency distribution of Shonto residence groups according to 

 number of individual members 



Mean: 14.7 Median: 14.3 Modes: 11, 16 



new households will be attached to all of them within a year or two. 

 Current individual membership within these five households is re- 

 spectively 7, 10, 10, 13 and 14 ; or far above the Shonto mean of 5.68. 

 The remaining two single-household residence groups are the isolated 

 abodes of persons believed to be witches. 



The single residence group comprised of six households appears 

 to be aberrant, and could possibly be classed as two residence groups 

 of three households each. The group as a whole is divided between 

 two separate residence areas throughout the year, but the member 

 households as between one and the other seem to be interchangeable, 

 and from an economic standpoint a single unit is indicated. 



Range of size for residence groups in terms of individual members 

 is shown in table 7. 



The two residence groups which include only one and two members, 

 respectively, are, again, those of Shonto's "witches." It is clear that 

 the normal range of residence group membership is from 9 to 20 

 individuals. 



The kinship structure of residence groups, like that of households, 

 is essentially nuclear. Table 8 shows the kinship structure of Shonto 

 residence groups. 



Adoptions long before marriage account for the presence of married 

 nephews and nieces in two of three residence groups. For practical 

 purposes 28 of Shonto's 31 multihousehold residence groups are of 

 nuclear derivation. 



The relative unimportance of sex as a determinant of residence (see 

 below) makes it difficult to identify a modal pattern among nuclear- 

 derived residence groups; among those containing more than one 

 household 19 include both matrilocal and patrilocal residences, 8 are 

 purely matrilocal and 3 are purely patrilocal. Nine residence groups 

 include the households of both married sons and married daughters. 



