Our better nature: Does resource stress predict beyond-household sharing
Evolution and Human Behavior • Vol/Iss. 39 • Elsevier • • Published In • Pages: 380-391 •
By Ember, Carol R., Skoggard, Ian, Ringen, Erik J. , Farrer, Megan
Abstract
Sample Used | Coded Data | Comment |
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HRAF Collection of Ethnography (paper/fiche) | Researchers' own coded data | |
eHRAF World Cultures | Researchers' own coded data | |
Standard Cross Cultural Sample (SCCS) | Researchers' own coded data |
Hypothesis | Supported |
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Beyond-household sharing is a cultural universal. | Supported |
Beyond-household sharing will be more habitual in societies with greater resource stress. | Supported |
The scope of customary sharing would be broader geographically and socially with more resource stress. | Not Supported |
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