Pathogen prevalence and human mate preferences

Ratings of the importance of attractiveness as a criterion of mate choice will be related to pathogen prevalence across cultures (90).

Controlled for geographical region, average income, and latitude

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Partial correlation	Supported	p<.001	.72	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Average Attractiveness Rating	Dependent	Basis Of Marriage
Average Income	Combined	Income And Demand
Geographical Region	Combined	Location
Latitude	Combined	Location
Pathogen Prevalence	Independent	Morbidity

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Singh, Devendra	1997	"As pathogen severity increases, so should permanenent marking of body areas that are attended to for evaluating attractiveness and mate quality" (403).	Partially supported	6	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Hoben, Ashley D.	2016	Societies with cousin marriage will have more pathogen stress than those without cousin marriage (5,6).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kammas, Pantelis	2024	Historical pathogen prevalence will be negatively associated with the contemporary radius of trust in a society.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Gottschall, Jonathan	2004	Male characters will be significantly more likely to use physical attractiveness as a criterion for mate choice than females (107).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Murray, Damian R.	2011	Pathogen prevalence will be positively associated with conformity effect size (321).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author