Causes of polygyny: ecology, economy, kinship, and warfare

American Anthropologist Vol/Iss. 90 Published In Pages: 871-887
By White, Douglas R., Burton, Michael L.

Hypothesis

Fraternal interest groups will be positively associated with polygyny (p. 875).

Note

This multiple regression was run with rules of marriage as the dependent variable. A second multiple regression ran frequency of polygyny as the dependent variable, with similar results.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
multiple regressionSupportedp<.001beta = .166UNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Fraternal Interest GroupsIndependentMode Of Marriage, Residence
PolygynyDependentPolygamy