Predictors of Land Privatization: Cross-Cultural Tests of Defendability and Resource Stress Theory

In societies with nonpermanent settlements, famines will be negatively associated with communal property

The correlation was significant in the opposite direction

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Gamma/Rho	Not supported	p<0.10	gamma=0.343, rho=0.401	Two-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Property System	Dependent variable	Property System
Rate of famine	Independent variable	Disasters

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Kavanaugh, Patrick	2021	Nearest neighbor's property system will have a positive association with property ownership	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Rudmin, Floyd Webster	1992	Simmons' measures of private property will be significantly correlated (in the same direction) with Murdock's measures of private property	Support for 3 of the 4 variables	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Rudmin, Floyd Webster	1992	Swanson's measure of private property will be significantly correlated (in the same direction) with Murdock's measures of private property.	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bacon, Margaret K.	1963	"Frequency of Theft is positively related to Sense of Property . . ." (297).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Rosenblatt, Paul C.	1974	"[Marriage] ceremonies are associated with the importance of inheritable property"	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author