The biogeography and evolution of land ownership

Journal of Biogeography Vol/Iss. 50(6) Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd Published In Pages: 1129-1138
By Haynie, Hannah J., Kushnick, Geoff, Kavanagh, Patrick H. , Ember, Carol R., Bowern, Claire, Low, Bobbi S., Tuff, Ty, Vilela, Bruno, Kirby, Kathryn R. , Botero, Carlos A. , Gavin, Michael C.

Hypothesis

Land ownership norms will have both vertically and horizontally cultural transmission.

Note

Only horizontally cultural transmission has a significant positive correlation to land ownership norms.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Logistic regressionPartially supportedp< 0.001UNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Land ownership normsDependentProperty System, Real Property
Language closenessIndependentLinguistic Identification
Neighbor's land typeIndependentNONE