A Cross-Cultural Summary: Polygyny

In societies where with insecure food supply and frequent or annual food shortages, polygynous marriage will be less common or occasional (249, 48).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Fisher's Exact Test	Marginally Supported	p = .085	Phi = -.250	Two-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Food Availability	Independent	Nutrition
Polygynous Marriage	Dependent	Polygamy

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Ayres, Barbara	1967	"A long sex taboo [during pregnancy] does in fact occur more frequently in polygynous than in monogamous societies" (121)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Whiting, John W.M.	1968	"Polygynous form of marriage can be predicted from a curvilinear floor plan" (130)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	In societies with extreme boastfulness, polygynous marriage will be common or occasional (251, 474).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	In societies where full-time entrepreneurs are present, polygynous marriage will be common or occasional (242, 136).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	In societies where the incidence of personal crime is low, polygynous marriage will be less common or occasional (242, 148).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author