Trade and matrilineality: a hypothesis based on world-systems theory

Matrilineal forms of descent will be positively associated with the introduction of trade in a world-system (101, 105).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Fisher’s exact test	Supported	p<.001	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Matrilineal Descent	Independent	Rules Of Descent
Recent Introduction Of World Trade	Dependent	External Trade

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Peregrine, Peter N.	1994	Matrilocal residence is positively associated with the introduction of new trade relations with a world-system (101, 105-6).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Athias, Laure	2022	Children's vaccination rate for measles will be negatively correlated with maternal ancestral ethnic group exposure to the slave trade and matrilineal inheritance.	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
BenYishay, Ariel	2014	Matriliny will be positively associated with reliance on fishing as measured by reef density (2).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Lowes, Sara, Nunn, Nathan	2024	The impact of the slave trade on sub-Saharan societies is positively correlated with the subsequent presence of matrilineal kinship and polygyny.	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bourguignon, Erika	1973	Rule of descent will vary according to world region (57).	Support claimed	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author