Ambilocal residence (or ambilocality), also called bilocal residence (bilocality) is the

societal A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Societ ...

postmarital residence in which couples, upon marriage, choose to live with or near either spouse's parents.Ember, Carol R., and Melvin Ember. ''Cultural Anthropology'' (9th ed). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1999, p. 355. This is contrasted with matrilocality and

patrilocality In social anthropology, patrilocal residence or patrilocality, also known as virilocal residence or virilocality, are terms referring to the social system in which a married couple resides with or near the husband's parents. The concept of loca ...

, where the newlyweds are expected to live with either the wife's parents or the husband's parents respectively, as well as

neolocality Neolocal residence is a type of post-marital residence in which a newly married couple resides separately from both the husband's natal household and the wife's natal household. Neolocal residence forms the basis of most developed nations, especial ...

, where the couple lives away from both sets of parents.

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* * Korotayev, Andrey. 2001
An Apologia of George Peter Murdock. Division of Labor by Gender and Postmarital Residence in Cross-Cultural Perspective: A Reconsideration. ''World Cultures'' 12(2): 179-203
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