Illegitimacy and social structures: cross-cultural perspectives on nonmarital birth

Bergin & Garvey Westport, CT Published In Pages: ??
By Hendrix, Lewellyn

Hypothesis

Sanctions regarding illegitimacy are positively associated with political centralization (79).

Note

Impact of political centralization on illegitimacy sanctions is limited to societies in which women have little political or economic power (116), and those with close father-infant proximity (127).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Goodman & Kruskal's GammaPartially Supportedp < 0.05gamma = 0.24UNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Father-infant ProximityUNKNOWNNONE
Female PowerUNKNOWNNONE
Illegitimacy SanctionsDependentNONE
Centralization of the StateIndependentNONE