The importance of gossip across societies: correlations with institutionalization

Levels of gender autonomy, urbanization, and loyalty to wider society will all have significant effects on gossip importance (306-7).

All independent variables were significant.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
multiple regression	Supported	p<.05	`UNKNOWN`	Two-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Gender Autonomy	Independent	Gender Status, Gender Roles And Issues
Importance Of Gossip	Dependent	Conversation, Dissemination Of News And Information
Loyalty To Wider Society	Independent	Cultural Identity And Pride
Urbanization	Independent	Community Structure

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Demerath, Loren	2015	Gossip will be more important in societies with higher levels of community loyalty (303).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Johnson, Dominic D.P.	2005	Societies in which high gods are more active and concerned with human morality will be more loyal to the local and wider community (421).	Not Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Demerath, Loren	2015	Gossip will be more important in societies with more institutionalization (298, 303).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Demerath, Loren	2015	Gossip will be more important, rather than less important, in larger communities (298, 301).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Demerath, Loren	2015	Gossip will be more important in societies with higher levels of stratification (298, 303).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author