Onstage and offstage sex: exploring a hypothesis

The use of private settings for sexual behavior will be associated with more restrictive codes of premarital sexual behavior.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Chi square	Supported	p<.001	`UNKNOWN`	One-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Penetrability Of House Walls	Independent	Dwellings
Permissiveness Of Premarital Sex	Dependent	Premarital Sex Relations

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Broude, Gwen J.	1975	There is a relationship between premarital sex norms and sex anxiety in adulthood as measured by the Minturn, Grosse and Haider (1969) scale (387, 388)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Broude, Gwen J.	1975	"If norms of premarital sexual behavior are related to sex anxiety, they would be expected to correlate highly with a scale measuring degree of sex anxiety in childhood" (386)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Zern, David	1969	". . . presence of a high lineal sense will be related to large differences between the values of a society [with regard to premarital sex and pregnancy] and their actual behavior . . ." (6)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Murdock, George Peter	1964	"Societies with local communities having large populations . . . are characterized by restrictive sexual norms. . . . Where local groups are small in size . . . norms of premarital sex behavior tend strongly to be permissive" (404)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Broude, Gwen J.	1975	"Societies characterized by high accessibility of caretakers [child care] will have permissive premarital sex norms. Societies characterized by low accessibility of caretakers will ave restrictive premarital sex norms" (393)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author