Explaining current fertility dynamics in tropical Africa from an anthropological perspective: a cross-cultural investigation

Polygyny will be positively associated with length of postpartum sex taboo (267).

Length of postpartum sex taboo in Tropical Africa is significantly higher than in Asia and North Africa (p < 0.001, rho = 0.53).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Spearman's rho	Supported	p < 0.001	rho = 0.27	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Length Of Postpartum Sex Taboo	Dependent	General Sex Restrictions, Postnatal Care
Polygyny	Independent	Polygamy

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Eichler, Margrit	1975	"In cultures in which women contribute above the median to subsistence, the postpartum sex taboo will be shorter than in societies in which women contribute below the median to the subsistence of society" (1.5).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Melvin	1974	"In the presence of a short [postpartum sex] taboo, which is the more crucial control situation, . . . [there is a strong] correlation between high male mortality and polygyny" (202)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kitahara, Michio	1974	In polygynous societies, separate living quarters for co-wives and a long postpartum sex taboo are associated with male circumcision and/or segregation at puberty (406-407).	`UNKNOWN`	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Melvin	1974	"However, when we control on Whiting's predictor, i.e., presence or absence of a long postpartum sex taboo, a strong relationship between high male mortality and polygyny still obtains, in the presence of both a long and a short postpartum sex taboo" (202)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kitahara, Michio	1975	Controlling on living quarters for co-wives, length of postpartum sex taboo is not associated with segregation of males at puberty (9).	`UNKNOWN`	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author