Lullabies and Universality: An Ethnographic Review

Proximity of societies, based on phylogenic affinity, will affect the likelihood of a society having presence of lullabies.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Chi-Square	Supported	p = .029	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Presence of lullabies	Dependent	Music, Infant Care
Phylogenetic affinity	Independent	Genetics, Lineages

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Aubinet, Stéphane	2024	Subsistence type will be a significant predictor to the presence of lullaby in a society.	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Aubinet, Stéphane	2024	Lullabies would be present across the majority of Native American societies.	Partially Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Aubinet, Stéphane	2024	Geographic regions will be a predictor to the presence of lullaby that are strictly defined.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Aubinet, Stéphane	2024	When lullabies are defined broadly as any type of singing used to soothe or comfort children, they are a statistical universal across all human cultures.	Supported	1	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Aubinet, Stéphane	2024	Highly “complex” societies, with higher political complexity, are more likely to have lullabies present.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author