Human responses to environmental extremeness and uncertainty: a cross-cultural perspective

Risk and Uncertainty in Tribal and Peasant Economies • Westview Press • Boulder, CO • Published In • Pages: 229-255 •
By Low, Bobbi S.

Hypothesis

Degree of polygyny, as well as the degree of non-sororal polygyny, will be positively related to pathogen stress (239).

Note

Reported in Low (1988a, 1990b)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
UNKNOWNSupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Degree Of PolygynyDependentPolygamy
Pathogen StressIndependentMorbidity