Church-Sect Typology and Socio-Economic Status

Abstract

* df=1. the 344 type II correlations, i.e., with the 44 type I correlations removed. Summary. The hypothesis of complementary needs asserts that spouses tend to select each other on the basis of complementary rather than similar need patterns. In accordance with this theory the signs of 388 interspousal correlations have been hypothesized. Five sets of ratings have been derived from three sets of data (two interviews and a projective test) on each of fifty spouses. Three of the distributions of correlations (those derived from the two analyses of the need-interview and from the final conference) support the theory of complementary needs in mate-selection. The other two distributions (based upon the case-history and the TAT) did not suport the theory. In view of the fact that the latter distributions clustered around zero, they did not support the contrary theory of homogamous mateselection. The bulk of the evidence, therefore, supports the hypothesis that mates tend to select each other on the basis of complementary needs.

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