Original sentence: " (Murdock, 1949, pages 27-28)."An impartial observer employing the criterion of numerical preponderance, consequently, would be compelled to characterize nearly every known human society as monogamous, despite the preference for and frequency of polygyny in the overwhelming majority.Anthropological studies have reported that 80–85% of societies allow polygamous marriage.His analysis also supports the claim that around 80% of marriages in these societies involve only one husband and one wife.However, most of the men in societies that allow polygamy do not obtain sufficient wealth or status to have multiple wives, so the majority of marriages in these societies involve one husband and one wife.In fact, so many marriages are socially monogamous that Murdock had years earlier stated:.Murdock has estimated that 80% of marriages in societies that allow polygamy involve only one husband and one wife.Not all marriages are socially monogamous.White has analyzed the distribution of husbands by number of wives in societies that allow polygamy (see Table 1 in White, 1988, pages 535-539)