A cross-cultural study of drunkenness

"In short, those kin groups that are generally high in drunkenness are also prone to gratify strongly the needs of their young children" (47)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Chi square	Supported	p<.05	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Childhood Indulgence	Independent	Infancy And Childhood
Drunkenness	Dependent	Alcoholism And Drug Addiction
Kin Groups	Independent	Kin Groups

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Davis, William N.	1964	"Matrilineal kin groups were inconsistent. But, cognatic groups tended toward high drunkenness while patrilineal groups were definitely associated with low drunkenness" (35)	Partially supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Field, Peter B.	1962	"Viewed in relation to the presence or absence of unilineal kin groups so defined [matrilineal and patrilineal descent], degree of drunkenness yields a strong negative correlation of -.67 which is highly significant" (55)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Davis, William N.	1964	An analysis of interrelated social structure variables revealed that bilateral kinship is relatively the most important predictor of drunkenness (37, 38)	Supported	5	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Davis, William N.	1964	"Achievement is stressed in the same kin groups [bilateral and cognatic] that tend to gratify strongly needs for dependency, passivity, and indulgence" (49)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Davis, William N.	1964	"Bilateral and cognatic kin . . . are highly indulgent to young children, reject an adult's dependency needs, and furthermore greatly emphasize adult achievement. These conditions seem ideal for the development of a 'child-adult' conflict, and the latter should be reflected, as indeed it is, in a high frequency of drunkenness" (50-51)	Supported	5	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author