Death symbolism in matrilineal societies: a replication study

Retested Somersan's hypothesis that matrilineal societies would be characterized by death symbolism (ancestral spirit and reincarnation beliefs).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Fisher’s exact test	Not Supported	above .10	`UNKNOWN`	One-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Ancestral Spirits And Reincarnation	Dependent	General Character Of Religion, Eschatology
Matrilineal Societies	Independent	Rules Of Descent

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Matlock, James G.	1995	Unilineal societies will be positively associated with prominent beliefs in ancestral spirits and reincarnation (170)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Somersan, Semra	1984	Matrilineal societies will be more likely to believe in reincarnation (156).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Somersan, Semra	1984	Matrilineal societies will be more likely to believe in ancestral spirits (156).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Somersan, Semra	1984	Matrilineal societies will be more likely to believe in a quality of afterlife unconditioned on individual’s behavior (160).	Partially supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Matlock, James Graham	1993	4) Reincarnation beliefs and the belief in soul singularity will be positively associated with spirit fragmentation at death.	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author