Correlates of the long post-partum taboo:  a cross-cultural study

"The long postpartum taboo will be more frequent in societies that prescribe partial or complete segregation of boys at puberty" (245)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Chi square	Supported	p<.01	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Long Postpartum Taboo	Dependent	General Sex Restrictions, Postnatal Care
Segregation Of Adolescent Boys At Puberty	Independent	Status Of Adolescents

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Kitahara, Michio	1976	Polygynous societies that engage in a long postpartum sexual taboo will be positively associated with male segregation at puberty when the factor of living-quarter arrangements is controlled (206)	Not Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kitahara, Michio	1974	". . . a long post-partum sexual taboo could become instrumental in increasing the possibility of circumcision and/or segregation only when it is present in societies having separate living quarters for co-wives" (408)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kitahara, Michio	1975	"The segregation of males at puberty is more closely correlated to the polygynous societies in which each co-wife lives with her children in a separate quarter than to a long postpartum sexual taboo" (7).	`UNKNOWN`	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kitahara, Michio	1976	Polygynous societies, where cowives and their children live in separate quarters, will be positively associated with male segregation at puberty when the factor of the length of a postpartum sexual taboo is controlled (207)	Partially supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kitahara, Michio	1976	Polygynous societies that engage in a long postpartum sexual taboo will be positively correlated with males who are more likely to be segregated at puberty (206)	Not Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author