Ethnic diversity and its environmental determinants: effects of climate, pathogens, and habitat diversity

American Anthropologist Vol/Iss. 103 Published In Pages: 968-991
By Cashdan, Elizabeth

Hypothesis

Greater ethnic diversity will be found in regions with greater pathogen stress and reduced climatic variation and unpredictability (975).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Pearson’s product-moment correlationSupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNTwo-tailed

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
ClimateIndependentClimate
Ethnic Diversity In A RegionDependentNONE
Pathogen StressIndependentMorbidity