Belief in the evil eye in world perspective

The evil eye belief is associated with milking and dairy production, large domestic animals, leatherworking and weaving, and metalworking (241-242)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Goodman and Kruskal’s coefficient of association	Supported	p<.01	.58	Two-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Domestic Animals	Independent	Domesticated Animals
Evil Eye Belief	Dependent	Sorcery
Leatherworking, Weaving	Independent	Leather Industry, Woven And Other Interworked Fabrics
Metalworking	Independent	Smiths And Their Crafts
Milking, Dairy Production	Independent	Dairying

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Roberts, John M.	1976	"[There is an] . . . increasing likelihood of the evil eye belief as the size of the domestic animals increases" (243)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Roberts, John M.	1976	". . . evil eye cultures emphasized milking, animal husbandry, and, in some cases, intensive agriculture" (245)	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Gershman, Boris	2015	In weakly institutionalized traditional societies, the evil eye belief will be associated with modes of production.	Supported	6	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Roberts, John M.	1976	". . . there is a positive association between cultural complexity and the evil eye belief . . ." (235)f	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Roberts, John M.	1976	". . . societies possessing the evil eye belief tended to be politically autonomous . . ." (248)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author