Divorce for childlessness and the regulation of adultery

Journal of Sex Research • Vol/Iss. 8 • Published In • Pages: 117-127 •
By Rosenblatt, Paul C., Hillabrant, Walter J.

Hypothesis

"Penalties for adultery are related in the expected direction for presence of plural marriage, frequency of adoption, and legitimate sex outside of marriage. But . . . such small numbers of cases [do not] approach . . . statistical significance" (123-124)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
CorrelationSupportedabove .10UNKNOWNUNKNOWN