Divorce for childlessness and the regulation of adultery

"Penalties for adultery [are] related [negatively] to . . . trial marriage" (123)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Correlation	Supported	p<.10	-.56	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Penalties For Adultery	Independent	Sex And Marital Offenses
Trial Marriage	Dependent	Mode Of Marriage

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Rosenblatt, Paul C.	1972	"Penalties for adultery are related in the expected direction for presence of plural marriage, frequency of adoption, and legitimate sex outside of marriage. But . . . such small numbers of cases [do not] approach . . . statistical significance" (123-124)	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Rosenblatt, Paul C.	1972	"Societies that do not allow divorce for childlessness have less severe penalties for adultery" (122)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Hobhouse, L. T.	1915	The figures show a regular increase of public control of marriage and public punishment for adultery with advancing economic development (166)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
de Munck, Victor C.	1999	Societies in which premarital sex and/or adultery are permitted for both genders will be positively associated with romantic love as a basis for marriage (268).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Betzig, Laura L.	1989	Adultery is positively associated with conjugal dissolution (658).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author