A Cross-Cultural Summary: Status of Women

In societies with low fear of spirits, females will tend to have property rights (278, 440).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Fisher's Exact Test	Supported	p = .048	Phi = -.65	Two-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Female Property Rights	Association	Property System, Gender Status
Low Fear of Spirits	Association	Spirits And Gods

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Whyte, Martin King	1978	Private property rights in the means of production will be negatively associated with women's status (37)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Frederic L. Pryor	2005	Dependence on agriculture for subsistence will be associated with exclusive usufruct property rights. (78)	No support claimed	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	In societies where metal working is prevalent, females will have property rights (278, 71).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	In societies where there is superordinate justice, females will tend to have property rights (278, 138).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	In societies that believe in an attractive afterlife, females will tend to have property rights (278, 432).	Marginally Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author