Initiation ceremonies:  a cross-cultural study of status dramatization

"As male solidarity is more institutionalized, the elaboration of initiation ceremonies increases" (74)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Comparison of percentages	Supported	Not Applicable	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Elaboration Of Initiation Ceremonies	Dependent	Puberty And Initiation
Male Solidarity	Independent	Gender Status, Sodalities, Gender Roles And Issues

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Young, Frank W.	1962	"[There is a] relation between male solidarity and initiation ceremonies..."(384)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Young, Frank W.	1965	"[There is a] curvilinear [relationship between] articulation level [community complexity] and elaboration of female initiation ceremonies and female solidarity type [female work groups, institutionalized household unity]" (110)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Young, Frank W.	1962	"The two aspects of what may not be labeled 'absent-father family organization' have no empirical relation to initiation ceremonies when male solidarity is controlled" (386)	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Young, Frank W.	1965	"Male solidarity dissolves the relationship between the two childhood factors [exclusive mother-son sleeping arrangement and patrilocal residence] and male initiation" (77)	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Young, Frank W.	1965	"There is an association between male solidarity [and type of female household organization]" (93)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author