Correlates of the long post-partum taboo:  a cross-cultural study

"A long postpartum taboo will be more frequent in societies in which the high god is defined as otiose and not concerned with human affairs" (244)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Chi square	Supported	p<.01	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Long Postpartum Taboo	Dependent	General Sex Restrictions, Postnatal Care
Otiose High God	Independent	Spirits And Gods

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Ember, Melvin	1974	"However, when we control on Whiting's predictor, i.e., presence or absence of a long postpartum sex taboo, a strong relationship between high male mortality and polygyny still obtains, in the presence of both a long and a short postpartum sex taboo" (202)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Stephens, William N.	1962	"There is some tendency for the long post partum sex taboo societies to be high on severity of sex training" (77)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Saucier, Jean-Francois	1972	"Long postpartum taboo will be more frequent in societies requiring bridewealth or exchange of a female relative to obtain a wife" (243)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Saucier, Jean-Francois	1972	"A long postpartum taboo will be more frequent in societies with customary polygyny" (243)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Saucier, Jean-Francois	1972	"A long postpartum taboo will be more frequent in societies with unilineal kin groups" (244)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author