Cross-cultural patterns of marriage and inheritance: a phylogenetic approach

Higher degrees of polygyny are positively associated with male bias in inheritance (87).

Authors used a phylogenetic approach prior to statistical testing to ensure the independence of cultures.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Chi square	Supported	p<.001	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Inheritance	Dependent	Inheritance
Marriage Pattern	Independent	Polygamy

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Hull, Brooks	1989	The degree to which a woman's marriage is arranged by her family will be positively related to the degree to which women inherit valuable goods or property (20).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Johnson, G. David	1982	Marriage payments, patrilineal descent, patrilocal residence, extended family forms and importance of inheritance rules will be positively associated with sexual dominance (679)	Partially supported	6	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Goody, Jack	1970	The following variables are dependent upon diverging devolution (transmission of property to both males and females): greater control of womens' marriage (prohibition of premarital sex, endogamy, father's brother's daughter marriage, monogamy, alternative residence) and by extension Eskimo kinship terminology which isolates the sibling group form "cousins" (296)	Supported	6	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Simmons, Leo W.	1945	Aged men had more success in marrying younger women in patriarchal societies, among herders, and more advance societies (211-212)	Supported	6	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Frederic L. Pryor	2005	Institutions of property and distribution among foragers will be associated with economic development in varying ways (41).	Partially supported	11	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author