Population growth, society, and culture: an inventory of cross-culturally tested causal hypotheses

Need for male or female heir for performance of religious rituals will be positively associated with Population Growth Rate (PGR) (70).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Gamma	Supported*	p = 0.03	gamma = 0.78	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Population Growth Rate	Dependent	Population
need for Male or Female Heir for Performance of Religious Rituals	Independent	Lineages, Ritual

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Sipes, Richard G.	1980	A religious rather than secular orientation will be positively associated with Population Growth Rate (PGR) (70).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Low, Bobbi S.	1996	Expressed resource need in traditional societies will be positively associated with recent population increase and environmental degradation (359).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Sipes, Richard G.	1980	Neolocality will be negatively associated with Population Growth Rate (PGR) (56).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Sipes, Richard G.	1980	Polygyny will be positively associated with Population Growth Rate (PGR) (56).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Sipes, Richard G.	1980	Importance of inheritance will be positively associated with Population Growth Rate (PGR) (56).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author