Marriage ceremonies

"Where wealth transfer as a concomitant of marriage is substantial, ceremonies are more likely to be present"

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Fisher’s exact test	Supported	p<.05	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Marriage Ceremonies	Dependent	Nuptials
Transfer Of Wealth At Marriage	Independent	Nuptials

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Balkwell, Carolyn	1981	Subsistence economy, transfer of wealth at marriage and type of family will predict status of the elderly (427)	`UNKNOWN`	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Balkwell, Carolyn	1981	Transfer of family wealth to a married couple will be positively associated with the high status for the elderly (425)	`UNKNOWN`	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Huber, Brad R.	2011	At the time of marriage, wealth is generally transferred from the groom’s family to the bride’s and from the couple’s parents to the bride and groom (288).	Supported	1	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Rosenblatt, Paul C.	1969	"It was predicted that across societies sex relations between betrothed persons are more restricted than before betrothal where large amounts of wealth are transferred and less restricted where wealth transfer is minimal" (327)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Huber, Brad R.	2011	Paternal confidence level, polygyny rate, level of pathogen stress, relative age of spouses, and divorce rate will be positively associated with wealth transfer to the bride and her parents (284-6).	Partially supported	6	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author