The oedipus complex:  cross-cultural evidence

"[There is a] positive correlation between duration of the post partum sex taboo and the variable totemism with food taboos" (164)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Coefficient of contingency	Supported	p<.10	.25	Two-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Duration Of Postpartum Taboo	Independent	General Sex Restrictions, Infant Care
Totemism With Food Taboo	Dependent	General Character Of Religion

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Ayres, Barbara	1967	"[There is] a relationship between norms of premarital sex behavior [as a measure of sex anxiety] and duration of the sex taboo during pregnancy. [Strict norms tend to result in long duration]" (122)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
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
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
Ayres, Barbara	1967	"[There is] no relationship between punishment for sexual behavior and length of sex taboo in societies with monogamy and limited polygyny, but it does show a rather strong positive relationship between the two variables in societies with general polygyny" (121)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bourguignon, Erika	1973	Duration of postpartum sex taboo will vary according to world region (59).	Support claimed	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author