Parenting and cultures of risk: a comparative analysis of infidelity, aggression, and witchcraft

American Anthropologist • Vol/Iss. 109(1) • University of California Press • Berkeley, Calif. • Published In • Pages: 164-179 •
By Quinlan, Robert J., Quinlan, Marsha B.

Hypothesis

Parental involvement will be negatively correlated with the importance of witchcraft (p. 170).

Note

The relationshipwith father involvement was quadratic. Significance value is for the regression model. Fathers' sleeping proximity was later removed from the model.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
multiple regressionSupportedp<.001UNKNOWNOne-tailed