Is the siesta an adaption to disease? A cross-cultural examination

Siestas are more likely to be present in cultures that have agricultural subsistence patterns (239).

Significance values were not given.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Chi square	Not Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Goodenough, Ward H.	1969	". . . sedentary communities should have larger populations than migratory communities . . ." (291-292)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Whiting, John W.M.	1968	"Given a rectilinear house of any size or type, one can be reasonably certain that the society is sedentary" (126)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kloos, Peter	1963	"Matrilocal sedentary communities tend to be associated with matrilineal ascribed leadership (therefore also with local endogamy)" (861)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Barry III, Herbert	1996	In societies with low permissiveness, child participation in adult activities is negatively associated with sedentary residence (359)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Koning, Niek	2013	Semi-sedentary foraging, and-tool horticulture, plow agriculture, and pastoralism will be positively associated with witchcraft belief (p. 163).	Supported	5	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author