Correlates of monogamy in human groups: tests of some sociobiological hypotheses

The degree of monogamy is negatively associated with the degree of sexual dimorphism of stature among human societies (129).

A Kruskall-Wallace Test was used.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Other	Not Supported	above .10	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Marriage System	Association	Polygamy
Sexual Dimorphism Of Stature	Association	Anthropometry

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Gray, J. Patrick	1980	Polygyny will be associated with greater sexual dimorphism of stature (443).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Gaulin, Steven JC	1992	Polygyny will be positively related with degree of sexual stature dimorphism (471).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Gaulin, Steven JC	1992	Societies with EIM or Ecologically Imposed Monogamy (monogamy combined with egalitarian resource structure) will have lower sexual stature dimorphism than those practicing polygyny or Socially-Imposed Monogamy (SIM, monogamy in highly stratified societies). (471)	Partially supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Wolfe, Linda D.	1982	Agricultural societies should exhibit a lower degree of sexual dimorphism than non-agricultural societies (576).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Wolfe, Linda D.	1982	There will be a higher degree of sexual dimprphism in societies where there is a higher degree of division of labor by sex (576).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author