A global analysis of cultural tightness in non-industrial societies

Natural disasters will be positively associated with cultural tightness.

2 tests: Nested in society, nested in society and language family

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Multilevel regression	Not Supported	p=0.43, p=0.50	B=-0.07, B=-0.06	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Cultural Tightness	Dependent	`NONE`
Natural Disasters	Independent	Disasters

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Gelfand, Michele J.	2011	Natural disaster vulnerability is positively correlated with tightness-looseness (p. 1101).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Korotayev, Andrey V.	2008	Threat of natural disasters will be negatively related to warfare frequency in state societies	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Harrington, Jesse R.	2014	Tight states will exhibit a higher incidence of natural disasters, greater environmental vulnerability, fewer natural resources, greater incidence of disease and higher mortality rates, higher population density and greater degrees of external threat (7992).	Supported	8	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Carol R.	1997	Non-pacified foragers will be less likely to have unpredictable natural disasters than non-pacified food-producers (10).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Carol R.	1992	Controlling for mistrust in a multiple regression analysis, natural disasters are positively associated with overall warfare (254)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author