Cultural correlates of the regulation of premarital sex behavior

Process and Pattern in Culture: Essays in Honor of Julian H. Steward • Aldine • Chicago • Published In • Pages: 399-410 •
By Murdock, George Peter

Hypothesis

"[There is] modest support [for] the widely held assumption that patrilocal residence and the features commonly associated there with . . . Produce a situation conducive to an insistence on virginity in unmarried women" (407)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Comparison of raw scoresSupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Patrilocal ResidenceIndependentResidence
Premarital Sex NormsDependentPremarital Sex Relations