A Cross-Cultural Summary: Polygyny

In societies where the incidence of personal crime is low, polygynous marriage will be less common or occasional (242, 148).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Fisher's Exact Test	Supported	p = .016	Phi = .354	Two-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Personal Crime	Association	Crime
Polygynous Marriage	Association	Polygamy

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Bacon, Margaret K.	1963	". . . personal crime is correlated with a suspicious or distrustful attitude toward the environment" (299).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bacon, Margaret K.	1963	"As the opportunity for contact with the father decreases, the frequency of both Theft and Personal Crime increases" (294).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bacon, Margaret K.	1963	"Frequency of Personal Crime shows a significant positive correlation with Dependence Socialization Anxiety . . ." (298).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bacon, Margaret K.	1963	". . . there is a high positive relationship between prolonged, exclusive mother-child sleeping arrangements and frequency of Personal Crime" (298).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Henrich, Joseph	2012	Normative monogamy reduces crime (662)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author