Symbolic or not-so-symbolic wounds: the behavioral ecology of human scarification

Ethnology and Sociobiology Vol/Iss. 16 Published In Pages: 155-172
By Ludvico, Lisa Rose, Kurland, Jeffrey A.

Hypothesis

Scarification will be negatively associated with genital mutilation (157).

Note

This hypothesis was supported in Africa, the Insular Pacific, and South America.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Kendall's tauPartially supportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Genital MutilationAssociationBody Alterations
ScarificationAssociationBody Alterations