Kinship structure, stress, and the gender gap in competition

Men and women of matrilineal descent will be more likely to choose to compete than those from patrilineal descent.

Hypothesis was also tested using migration status and age factors, neither of which were significant (p> .1).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Ordinary least square regression	Not supported	p> .1	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Matrilineal Descent	Independent	Rule Of Descent
Choice of competition	Dependent	Social Personality, Competition

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Whyte, Martin King	1978	Matrilineal descent will be associated with higher status for women (33)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Carol R.	1974	". . . intergroup competition is the most important catalyst in the formation of unilineal descent groups in unilocal societies" (74)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Martin, M. Kay	1975	Matrilineal descent in horticultural groups will be negatively associated with severity of female premarital sex restrictions (247).	Support claimed	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Somersan, Semra	1984	Matrilineal societies will be more likely to believe in ancestral spirits (156).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Somersan, Semra	1984	Matrilineal societies will be more likely to believe in reincarnation (156).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author