Decrepitude and death-hastening: the nature of old age in third world societies

Differentiation among the "old age category" will be found among non-industrial societies (48).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Comparison of percentages	Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Old Age	Dependent	Senescence

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Glascock, Anthony P.	1982	In societies where there is differentiation among the "old age category," there will be a presence of death-hastening behavior (53).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Glascock, Anthony P.	1980	Distribution will be equal among definitional categories of old age (316).	Not Supported	1	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Glascock, Anthony P.	1982	The presence of old age distinctions and death-hastening behavior will be associated with less complex societies. The presence of supportive treatment of the aged wil be associated with more complex societies (54).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Glascock, Anthony P.	1982	The presence of old age distinctions and death-hastening behavior will be associated with periods of deprivation (55).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Glascock, Anthony P.	1980	"The majority of societies in the ethnographic record have explicit ways of defining the category 'old age'" (315).	Supported	1	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author