Home›Sources›Wikipedia: Levirate MarriageSourcesWikipedia: Levirate MarriageEncyclopedia ArticleCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextSociety and Culture Atlas. "Wikipedia: Levirate Marriage." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-society.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipedia-levirate-marriage.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextSociety and Culture Atlas. (n.d.). Wikipedia: Levirate Marriage. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-society.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipedia-levirate-marriageCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{societyandcultureatlas-wikipedia-levirate-marriage, author = {Society and Culture Atlas}, title = {Wikipedia: Levirate Marriage}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-society.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipedia-levirate-marriage}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationDevelopingThe English-language Wikipedia article on levirate marriage, covering its etymology, cross-cultural documentation and contemporary public-health debate.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (23 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationPublisherWell-attestedWikipediaURLWell-attestedhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levirate_marriageSource TypeWell-attestedEncyclopediaAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested3SourcesWikipedia: Levirate Marriagetier 3WikipediaView the SourceClaims Backed By This Source (23 claims)This source backs 23 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 connected. Plus 6 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicKinship and Family Systems, 10 claims: 5 well-attested, 5 general references.Open Questions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.Well-attested16Kinship and Family SystemsLevirate MarriageOpen QuestionsIs levirate marriage (widow inheritance) best understood as a protective custom securing a widow's economic and social standing, or as a practice that can override her own choice and has been directly implicated in HIV transmission in high-prevalence regions?SourcesWikipedia: Levirate MarriageConnected1Open QuestionsIs levirate marriage (widow inheritance) best understood as a protective custom securing a widow's economic and social standing, or as a practice that can override her own choice and has been directly implicated in HIV transmission in high-prevalence regions?General References6Kinship and Family SystemsLevirate MarriageOpen QuestionsIs levirate marriage (widow inheritance) best understood as a protective custom securing a widow's economic and social standing, or as a practice that can override her own choice and has been directly implicated in HIV transmission in high-prevalence regions?Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year