A Cross-Cultural Summary: Female Initiation Rites

HRAF Press New Haven, Connecticut Published In Pages: ??
By Textor, Robert B.

Hypothesis

Societies with female initiation rites will tend to separate females at menarche (380, 382).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Fisher's Exact TestSupportedp = .007Phi = .550Two-tailed

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Female Initiation RitesAssociationPuberty And Initiation
Female Menarche Separation AssociationMenstruation