Resource Unpredictability, mistrust, and war: a cross-cultural study

The Journal of Conflict Resolution Vol/Iss. 36 Published In Pages: 242-262
By Ember, Carol R., Ember, Melvin

Hypothesis

A short supply of women will be positively associated with the frequency of warfare--Divale and Harris (251)

Note

Tested only for societies with only local political organization; Results tend to be in the opposite direction to those predicted

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Kruskal-Wallis nonparametric analysis of varianceNot Supportedabove .10UNKNOWNUNKNOWN