The relative decline in women’s contributions to agriculture with intensification

American Anthropologist Vol/Iss. 85 Published In Pages: 285-304
By Ember, Carol R.

Hypothesis

Intensive agriculture is positively associated with more time for women spent in childcare (291)

Note

Using the HRAF PSF and including all relevant cases regardless of detail of information p<.01, one tail (fisher's exact test)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Mann-Whitney U-TestSupportedp<.01phi=0.42One-tailed

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Childcare By WomenDependentChild Care
Intensive AgricultureIndependentTillage