Female puberty rites: reconsideration and speculation

Adolescence Vol/Iss. 18 Published In Pages: 957-964
By Kitahara, Michio

Hypothesis

The presence of both mother-child sleeping and patrilocality will be positively associated with painful female puberty rites

Note

Different measure of painful rite than Brown 1963.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
UNKNOWNNot SupportedNot Significant?=.07UNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Female Puberty Rite, PainfulDependentPuberty And Initiation
Mother-child SleepingIndependent CombinedInfant Care, Child Care
PatrilocalityIndependent CombinedResidence