Abstract
A study of 32 secular urban communal households was carried out to discover conditions of their relative success. Multiple regressions employed variables that were suggested by studies of rural and urban communes and utopian communities. Success was measured by duration of commune and satisfaction of members. Elements of conventionality (economic prudence, voluntary time limitation, regular housework, perception of sufficient private time) enhanced satisfaction. Duration was increased by factors of conventionality (economic prudence, prior acquaintance, parental responsibilities, perception of sufficient private time) as well as one unconventional attribute (a norm of high communal involvement). Other unconventional practices (property sharing and nonmonogamy) had no direct effects
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