Marriage transactions: labor, property, status

American Anthropologist Vol/Iss. 90 Published In Pages: 291-309
By Schlegel, Alice, Eloul, Rohn

Hypothesis

Distribution of marriage transactions will be associated with subsistence technology such that dowry is more common in agricultural societies (295-6).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
UNKNOWNSupportedp<.001UNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Marriage TransactionsDependentMode Of Marriage
Subsistence TechnologyIndependentAnnual Cycle, Tillage, Diet