The status of women in preindustrial societies

Matrilineal descent will be associated with higher status for women (33)

For results see p.133

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
`UNKNOWN`	Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Matrilineal Descent	Independent	Rules Of Descent
Women's Status, High	Dependent	Gender Status

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Pearson, Jr., Willie	1979	Descent (matrilineal, other, patrilineal) will be negatively associated with female status (381)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Lowes, Sara	2021	Men and women of matrilineal descent will be more likely to choose to compete than those from patrilineal descent.	Not supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Lee, Gary R.	1979	The status of the elderly will be positively associated with unlineal descent, with a patrilineal system predicting high elderly male status and a matrilineal system predicting high elderly female status (432).	Partially supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Gouldner, Alvin W.	1962	Findings: Factor L, "Lineality", is bipolar. Traits which load heavily and positively (oblimax rotation) are: patripotestal family authority, patrilineal inheritance, patrilineal descent, patrilineal succession, and subjection of women. Negative loadings are for matrilineal inheritance and descent (21)	Supported	8	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Goody, Jack	1970	". . . descent groups of the matrilineal kind are significantly less likely to be found in the Eurasian continent. Matrilineal descent groups . . . are found more frequently in Africa than in Eurasia" (636)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author