Starvation and famine: cross-cultural codes and some hypothesis tests

"Where direct entitlements are individualized, the risk of famine will be greater than where ownerships extend across a broad corporate base" (44).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Wilcoxon Signed Ranks	Supported	p<.001	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Famine	Dependent	Disasters
Individual Property Rights/rules	Independent	Inheritance

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Berbesque, J. Colette	2014	Hunter-gatherers will experience more famine than those with other modes of subsistence (1).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Dirks, Robert	1993	Societies with trade entitlements will be more likely to experience famine (45).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Berbesque, J. Colette	2014	Controlling for habitat quality, hunter-gatherers will experience more famine than agriculturalists (1).	Not Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Dirks, Robert	1993	Hunters and gatherers will experience less frequent and drastic famine than other subsistence types (38).	Not Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Dirks, Robert	1993	Foreign intrusions will increase the fequency and severity of famine among indigenous peoples (40).	Not Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author