The relevance of family cohesiveness as a determinant of premarital sexual behavior in a cross-cultural sample

"There is a [negative] correlation between intercourse permissiveness for women and the lineality of the society . . ." (3)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Correlation	Supported	p<.10	-.22	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Lineal And Collateral Societies	Independent	Kinship Terminology
Sanctions Against Women's Premarital Sex	Dependent	Premarital Sex Relations

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Schlegel, Alice	1991	Restrictiveness of premarital sex norms for adolescent girls will be concordant with restrictiveness of premarital sex norms for adolescent boys (121).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Brown, Julia	1952	"High positive correlations were found between the punishments for the following pairs . . . c) premarital indulgence by a man and rape of an unmarried girl; d) premarital indulgence by a man and premarital indulgence by a woman . . ." (139)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Goethals, George W.	1971	As male authority increases, sanctions against premarital sex become more severe (16).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Goethals, George W.	1971	As societies become more complex, rules against premarital sex become more restrictive" (17).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Murdock, George Peter	1964	"Complexity of techniques in subsistence economy . . . favors the development of restrictive norms of premarital sex behavior" (402)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author