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

Cross-Cultural Research Vol/Iss. 41 Published In Pages: 605-616
By Ember, Carol R., Ember, Melvin

Hypothesis

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.

Note

Also significant with each individual catalyst. Separately, the predictors are also significant in the presence of any and all catalysts.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
UNKNOWNSupportedp<.01phi=.83One-tail