Population growth, society, and culture: an inventory of cross-culturally tested causal hypotheses

Desire to educate children will be negatively associated with Population Growth Rate (PGR) (74).

Desire to educate children is measured as a composite of importance of education of boys and girls. Low sample size (n = 12)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Gamma	Supported*	p = 0.04	gamma = 0.49	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Population Growth Rate	Dependent	Population
Desire to Educate Children	Independent	Cultural Goals, Techniques Of Socialization, Education System

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Sipes, Richard G.	1980	Desire to limit children will be negatively associated with Population Growth Rate (PGR) (64).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Sipes, Richard G.	1980	Desire to keep women home will be positively associated with Population Growth Rate (PGR) (60).	Not supported*	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Sipes, Richard G.	1980	Usefulness of children to parents will be positively associated with Population Growth Rate (PGR) (56).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Sipes, Richard G.	1980	The connection between having children and sex identity will be positively associated with Population Growth Rate (PGR) (64).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Sipes, Richard G.	1980	Value of children to parents will be positively associated with Population Growth Rate (PGR) (74).	Supported*	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author