Lullabies and Universality: An Ethnographic Review

Cross-Cultural Research • Vol/Iss. 58(5) • Sage Publications • • Published In • Pages: 411-446 •
By Aubinet, Stéphane

Hypothesis

When lullabies are defined broadly as any type of singing used to soothe or comfort children, they are a statistical universal across all human cultures.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
One-tailed Binomial TestSupportedp < 0.001UNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Presence of lullabiesDependentMusic, Infant Care