The politics of reproductive ritual

University of California Press • Berkeley, CA • Published In • Pages: ??•
By Paige, Jeffery M., Paige, Karen

Hypothesis

Couvade is negatively associated with dichotomized 'high-value' (agricultural, pastoral, & advanced horticultural) vs. 'low-value' (hunting-gathering, fishing, mounted hunting, & simple horticultural) subsistence strategies (203).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Pearson's rSupportedp < 0.001r = -0.49UNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
CouvadeIndependentNONE
Subsistence ActivityDependentNONE

Related Hypotheses

Main AuthorHypothesis
Paige, Jeffery M.Circumcision is positively associated with dichotomized 'high-value' (agricultural, pastoral, & advanced horticultural) vs. 'low-value' (hunting-gathering, fishing, mounted hunting, & simple horticultural) subsistence strategies (76).
Paige, Jeffery M.Presence and elaborateness of menarcheal ceremonies are negatively associated with dichotomized 'high-value' (agricultural, pastoral, & advanced horticultural) vs. 'low-value' (hunting-gathering, fishing, mounted hunting, & simple horticultural) subsistence strategies (109).
Paige, Jeffery M.Maternal pregnancy restrictions are significantly positively associated with dichotomized 'high-value' (agricultural, pastoral, & advanced horticultural) vs. 'low-value' (hunting-gathering, fishing, mounted hunting, & simple horticultural) subsistence strategies (203).
Paige, Jeffery M.Fraternal interest group strength is positively associated with dichotomized 'high-value' (agricultural, pastoral, & advanced horticultural) vs. 'low-value' (hunting-gathering, fishing, mounted hunting, & simple horticultural) subsistence strategies (76).
Walker, Robert S.Horticultural societies in the Amazonian tropical forest will be more patrilocal than hunter-gatherers (97-98).