Bride theft and raiding for wives in cross-cultural perspective

"Table X shows, however, that bride theft is most likely to occur in societies where the father's role is important' (248)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Fisher’s exact test	Not Supported	p<.01	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Bride Theft	Dependent	Mode Of Marriage
Father's Role	Independent	Family Relationships

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Ayres, Barbara	1974	"Bride theft represents a delayed and displaced acting out of the Oedipal conflict. Such conflict should be maximized in societies where the probablility of mother-infant seduction was high (mother-child households and mother-infant sleeping arrangements) and where the child's competition with the father was most intense (high father involvement in caretaking)" (248)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ayres, Barbara	1974	"Tylor reported that bride theft was invariably associated with patrilocal residence . . ." (244)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ayres, Barbara	1974	"The presence of status differentials within the society which are based upon birth, wealth or occupation is not shown to be related to bride theft" (242-243)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ayres, Barbara	1974	"Although bride theft is somewhat more likely to occur in societies with general polygyny than in societies with limited polygyny or monogamy, the majority (63 percent) of societies with general polygyny do not have bride theft" (241)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ayres, Barbara	1974	Societies requiring a bride price at marriage should tend to have a higher proportion of bridetheft than those where considerations at marriage are less substantial (242)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author