Evolutionary theory, kinship, and childbirth in cross-cultural perspective

Direct and indirect care investments by biologically uncertain kin are positively associated with a society's paternity certainty level (p. 207).

The hypothesis was supported in cases of direct care investment, but not indirect care investment.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
`UNKNOWN`	Partially supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Direct Care Around Birth	Dependent	Childbirth, Infant Care, Postnatal Care
Indirect Care Around Birth	Dependent	`NONE`
Kinship Role	Independent	Kin Relationships
Parental Certainty	Independent	Premarital Sex Relations, Extramarital Sex Relations, Conception

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Huber, Brad R.	2007	Male kin will provide more indirect care than direct care during birth (p. 201).	Partially supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Huber, Brad R.	2007	Direct and indirect care investments by biologically uncertain kin are largest in patrilateral societies (p. 207).	Partially supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Huber, Brad R.	2007	Female kin (grandmothers and aunts) will provide more direct and indirect care than male kin (grandfathers and uncles) (p. 201).	Partially supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Greene, Penelope J.	1978	Paternity certainty will be higher in societies that use Eskimo-type kinship terminology systems and lower in societies that use Iroquois-type systems (155).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Neupert-Wentz, Clara	2024	The extent to which traditional African governance institutions contemporarily resemble their precolonial predecessors is positively correlated with the presence of indirect, colonial rule and negatively correlated with the presence of direct, colonial rule.	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author