A Cross-Cultural Summary: Premarital Sexual Relations

There will tend to be greater female contribution to subsistence in societies freely permitting premarital sexual relations (389, 127).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Fisher's Exact Test	Marginally Supported	p = .082	Phi = -.344	Two-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Female Subsistence Contribution	Association	Division Of Labor By Gender
Premarital Sexual Relations	Association	Premarital Sex Relations

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Textor, Robert B.	1967	There will tend to be a slight or overall absence of female property rights in societies freely permitting premarital sexual relations (389, 278).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Šaffa, Gabriel	2022	Female premarital sex is more likely to be restricted in societies where female contribution to subsistence is low.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Schlegel, Alice	1986	Women’s contribution to subsistence will be positively associated with polygyny, exogamy, bridewealth, postpartum sex taboo, girls’ socialization for industriousness, positive evaluation of females, and premarital sexual permissiveness (145-7)	Supported	9	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	There will tend to be no sexual illness explanations in societies freely permitting premarital sexual relations (389, 404).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	There will tend to be less specialized occupations in societies freely permitting premarital sexual relations (389, 118).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author