Effects of climate on certain cultural practices

"Societies characterized by a prolonged postpartum sex taboo also tend to have a high frequency of polygynous marriage" (517)

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

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Polygyny	Dependent	Polygamy
Postpartum Taboo	Independent	General Sex Restrictions, Infant Care

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Young, Frank W.	1967	"Stephens reports that the postpartum taboo tends to be bimodally distributed. On the contrary, degree of elaboration of menstrual taboos is associated with increasing length of the postpartum taboo" (104)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bourguignon, Erika	1973	Duration of postpartum sex taboo will vary according to world region (59).	Support claimed	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
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
Sweetser, Dorrian Apple	1966	Contrary to the findings of William N. Stephens no significant association was found between avoidance and a long postpartum sex taboo (311)	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