Avoidance, social affiliation, and the incest taboo

Contrary to the findings of William N. Stephens no significant association was found between avoidance and a long postpartum sex taboo (311)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Yule’s Q	Not Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Avoidance Of Parents-in-law	Dependent	Parents-in-law And Children-in-law
Long Postpartum Taboo	Independent	Postnatal Care

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Nerlove, Sara	1967	There will be a relationship "between a long postpartum sex taboo and brother-sister avoidance" (185)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Saucier, Jean-Francois	1972	"Long postpartum taboo will be more frequent in societies requiring bridewealth or exchange of a female relative to obtain a wife" (243)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Saucier, Jean-Francois	1972	"A long postpartum taboo will be more frequent in societies with customary polygyny" (243)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Saucier, Jean-Francois	1972	"A long postpartum taboo will be more frequent in societies with unilineal kin groups" (244)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Saucier, Jean-Francois	1972	"A long postpartum taboo will be more frequent in societies with localized kin groups" (244)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author