If religious belief reflects the structure of society, in which types of society would you expect to find widespread belief in ancestral spirits?

a. Those in which descent groups play a major role in social organization
b. Those that have a disproportionately large number of old people
c. Those that have a disproportionately large number of young people
d. Those in which neolocal marital residence is the rule
e. Those with egocentric systems such as the kindred


ANSWER: a

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