A Cross-Cultural Nutrition Survey of 118 Societies, Representing the Major Cultural and Geographic Areas of the World

Infants will be healthier in societies with long nursing periods than those with short nursing periods (230).

First p-value includes all ratings, second includes only the more confident ratings.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Chi-square test	Supported	p < 0.05 / p = 0.05	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Length of Nursing Period	Independent	Infant Feeding, Weaning And Food Training
Infant Health	Dependent	Morbidity, Mortality, Nutrition, Physiological Data

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Whiting, Marjorie Grant	1958	Adults will be healthier in societies with a long nursing period than in societies with a short nursing period (235).	Some support	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	Extramarital sexual relations will be present in societies where the mother and nursing child typically sleep in the same bed (394, 315).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Nag, Moni	1962	"There is a negative association between the period of postpartum abstinence and fertility level. . . . Societies with long periods of postpartum abstinence have generally low fertility and vice versa" (79)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Whyte, Martin King	1978	Cultures with a high degree of male absence for long periods of time will be associated with higher status for women (43)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Glascock, Anthony P.	1982	The presence of old age distinctions and death-hastening behavior will be associated with periods of deprivation (55).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author