Correlates of the long post-partum taboo: a cross-cultural study

Current Anthropology • Vol/Iss. 13 • Published In • Pages: 238-249 •
By Saucier, Jean-Francois

Hypothesis

"A long postpartum taboo will be more frequent in societies with the rule of duolateral cross cousin marriage in contrast to societies allowing quadrilateral cousin marriage" (245)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Chi squareSupportedp<.05UNKNOWNUNKNOWN