Affiliations: Structural Determinants of Differential Divorce Rates

American Journal of Sociology • Vol/Iss. 69(1) • The University of Chicago Press • • Published In • Pages: 13-20 •
By Ackerman, Charles

Hypothesis

The levirate, which completely severs the wife from her prior affiliations and incorporates her into her husband's affiliations, should be a sufficient condition, in societies practicing it, to produce a low divorce rate (475)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Fisher's Exact TestSupportedp=.0002Yule’s Q=1UNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Divorce RatesDependentTermination Of Marriage
LevirateIndependentSecondary Marriages