Kin-avoidance

"We predicted a positive correlation between duration of the post partum sex taboo and severity of [son's wife] avoidance" (132)

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

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Duration Of Postpartum Taboo	Independent	General Sex Restrictions, Postnatal Care
Severity Of Son's Wife Avoidance	Dependent	Parents-in-law And Children-in-law

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Stephens, William N.	1962	"We predicted a positive correlation between duration of the post partum sex taboo and severity of [brother-sister] avoidance" (132)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Stephens, William N.	1962	"We predicted a positive correlation between duration of the post partum sex taboo and severity of [mother-in-law] avoidance" (132)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	In societies with high rates of avoidance for a son's wife, marriages will tend to not be polygynous and sororal (247, 258).	Marginally Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Sweetser, Dorrian Apple	1966	"Residence proved to be unrelated to avoidance [of parents-in-law] by either husband or wife" (313)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ayres, Barbara	1967	"There is . . . a positive relationship between severity of punishment for sexual behavior and the duration of the sex taboo but [it] does not quite reach the acceptable 5 percent level of significance" (119)	Partially supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author