Avoidance, social affiliation, and the incest taboo

Ethnology • Vol/Iss. 5 • Published In • Pages: 304-316 •
By Sweetser, Dorrian Apple

Hypothesis

Contrary to the findings of William N. Stephens no significant association was found between avoidance and a long postpartum sex taboo (311)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Yule’s QNot SupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Avoidance Of Parents-in-lawDependentParents-in-law And Children-in-law
Long Postpartum TabooIndependentPostnatal Care