Promiscuity, paternity, and culture

Greene, Penelope J.

Promiscuity, paternity, and culture

American Ethnologist • Vol/Iss. 5 • Published In 1978 • Pages: 151-159 •

By Greene, Penelope J.

Hypothesis

Paternity certainty will be higher in societies that use Eskimo-type kinship terminology systems and lower in societies that use Iroquois-type systems (155).

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

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Kinship Terminology System	Dependent	Kinship Terminology
Paternity Certainty	Independent	Extramarital Sex Relations

Related Hypotheses

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Blum, Richard H.	1969	"When cousin terminology is of the Eskimo or Hawaiian type, then: [no use of alcohol occurs]"	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Gray, J. Patrick	1982	According to Hartung (1981), mode of inheritance will be related to paternity certainty (103).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Gray, J. Patrick	1982	Controlling for mode of descent, paternity certainty will be related to inheritance (104).	`UNKNOWN`	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Huber, Brad R.	2007	Direct and indirect care investments by biologically uncertain kin are positively associated with a society's paternity certainty level (p. 207).	Partially supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Eyde, David B.	1961	"If the hypothesis that matrilateral cross-cousin marriage is a determinant of Crow systems is true, Crow systems should occur more frequently in societies which are avunculocal than do other systems of terminology" (759)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author

Promiscuity, paternity, and culture

American Ethnologist • Vol/Iss. 5 • Published In 1978 • Pages: 151-159 • Cite

By Greene, Penelope J.

Hypothesis

Test

Variables

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American Ethnologist • Vol/Iss. 5 • Published In 1978 • Pages: 151-159 •