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

Cross-Cultural Research Vol/Iss. 27 Published In Pages: 28-69
By Dirks, Robert

Hypothesis

Societies without formal class distinctions will experience famine less frequently and severely than societies with complex class systems (48).

Note

These relationships are only significant when comparing unstratified societies with societies with complex stratification, not with the levels of stratification that fall in between.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Wilcoxon Signed RanksSupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Frequency Of FamineDependentDisasters
Severity Of FamineDependentDisasters
StratificationIndependentClasses