Starvation and famine: cross-cultural codes and some hypothesis tests

"Where direct entitlements are individualized, the risk of famine will be greater than where ownerships extend across a broad corporate base" (44).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Wilcoxon Signed Ranks	Supported	p<.001	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Famine	Dependent	Disasters
Individual Property Rights/rules	Independent	Inheritance

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Dirks, Robert	1993	Excluding specialized hunting groups, societies that rely heavily on gathering will experience less frequent and drastic famine (39).	Not Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Berbesque, J. Colette	2014	Hunter-gatherers will experience more famine than those with other modes of subsistence (1).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Dirks, Robert	1993	Hunters and gatherers will experience less frequent and drastic famine than other subsistence types (38).	Not Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Dirks, Robert	1993	Foreign intrusions will increase the fequency and severity of famine among indigenous peoples (40).	Not Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Dirks, Robert	1993	Societies without formal class distinctions will experience famine less frequently and severely than societies with complex class systems (48).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author