Kin-avoidance

"We predicted a positive correlation between duration of the post partum sex taboo and severity of [brother-sister] avoidance" (132)

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

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Duration Of Postpartum Taboo	Independent	General Sex Restrictions, Postnatal Care
Severity Of Brother-sister Avoidance	Dependent	Family Relationships

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Nerlove, Sara	1967	There will be a relationship "between a long postpartum sex taboo and brother-sister avoidance" (185)	Not 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 [son's wife] 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
Nerlove, Sara	1967	"Brother-sister avoidance patterns will be significantly associated with the presence of a primary cross-parallel component in sibling terminology" (184)	Partially supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Cohen, Yehudi A.	1964	Unilinear descent groups will be positively associated with extrusion or brother-sister avoidance (539)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author