Explaining male initiation ceremonies: new cross-cultural tests and a catalytic model

Exclusive mother-infant sleeping and a long postpartum sex taboo are positively associated with male initiation.

separately the predictors are also significant

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Phi Coefficient	Supported	p<.0025	phi=.53	One-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Male Initiation	Dependent	Puberty And Initiation
Mother-infant Sleeping, Exclusive	Independent Combined	Infant Care
Postpartum Sex Taboo, Length Of	Independent Combined	Postnatal Care

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Whiting, John W.M.	1958	Exclusive mother-son sleeping and a post-partum sex taboo are positively associated with initiation ceremonies at puberty.	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Carol R.	2010	Exclusive mother-child sleeping and a long postpartum sex taboo are positively associated with male initiation ceremonies in the presence of all of the following catalysts: nonmatrilocal societies, more-than-rare warfare, nonstate societies.	Supported	6	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Paige, Jeffery M.	1981	Patrilocality, polygyny, postpartum taboo, and exclusive mother-child sleeping arrangements are positively associated with sex segregation practices (243).	Not Supported	6	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Brown, Judith K.	1963	Societies with patrilocal residence and exclusive mother-infant sleeping will be associated with female initiation rites involving extreme pain	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Brown, Judith K.	1963	Societies with patrilocal residence and exclusive mother-infant sleeping will be positively associated with female initiation rites involving extreme pain.	`UNKNOWN`	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author