Female puberty rites: reconsideration and speculation

Societies with matrilocal or ambilocal residence will be positively associated with female puberty rites.

Upon retesting this was found to be insignificant (960).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Chi-square	Not Supported	p<.05	?=.23	Two-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Female Puberty Rites	Dependent	Puberty And Initiation
Matrilocal Or Ambilocal Residence	Independent	Residence

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Paige, Jeffery M.	1981	Female puberty ceremonies are positively correlated with matrilocal and bilocal residence patterns (116).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Driver, Harold E.	1969	In Western North America, matrilocal residence is positively associated with public recognition of girls' puberty (905).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Broude, Gwen J.	1989	Matrilocal/ambilocal residence will be positively associated with higher female status (162).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Brown, Judith K.	1963	The presence of female initiation rites will be associated with societies in which girls stay in the domestic unit with their mothers 50% or more (matrilocal or bilocal societies)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kitahara, Michio	1984	Societies with extensive menstrual taboos are positively associated with individual female puberty rites (137)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author