Social Practice and Shared History, Not Social Scale, Structure Cross-Cultural Complexity in Kinship Systems

Topics in Cognitive Science • Vol/Iss. . • Wiley Periodicals, Inc. • • Published In • Pages: 1-22 •
By Rácz, Péter, Passmore, Sam, Jordan, Fiona M.

Hypothesis

Greater kinship system complexity is positively correlated with pastoralism (10).

Note

Robust predictors = (-1.5>z>1.5)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
UNKNOWNSupportedz-score = 2.31UNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
PastoralismIndependentPastoral Activities
Complexity of kinship system DependentKinship Terminology