Same-sex competition and sexual conflict expressed through witchcraft accusations

Scientific Reports Vol/Iss. 12(1) Nature Portfolio London Published In Pages: 1-13
By Peacey, Sarah, Campbell, Olympia L. K., Mace, Ruth

Hypothesis

Accusations of witchcraft within affinal relationships will be more likely to target women. (3)

Note

While not tested specifically, this hypothesis can be assumed to be supported as affinal relationships were used as the reference variable for the independent variable and accusations of women as the reference variable for the dependent variable in odds ratio tests of the hypotheses that accusations of witchcraft between related and between unrelated individuals would be more likely to target men. These hypotheses were both supported (related: OR = 0.18, CI: 0.08-0.39; unrelated: OR = 0.09, CI: 0.04-0.18).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Odds RatioSupported assumedUnknownUnknownNA