A cross-cultural study of reincarnation ideologies and their social correlates

24) Reincarnation beliefs are positively associated with naming children after the deceased family members.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Fisher's exact probability test	Supported	.034	Phi= .5	One-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Reincarnation beliefs	Independent	Eschatology
Naming children after deceased family	Dependent	Personal Names, Naming

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Alford, Richard	1987	More extensive naming ceremonies will be positively associated with societal complexity, population, use of patrilineal descent, and presence of high gods (47).	Supported	16	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Alford, Richard	1987	Taboos on the use of personal names will be negatively associated with societal complexity (109).	Supported	15	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Alford, Richard	1987	Taboos on using the name of the deceased will be positively associated with name uniqueness, and negatively associated with belief in reincarnation, ancestor worship, societal size, and societal complexity (114).	Supported	23	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Swanson, Guy E.	1960	"Reincarnation is positively and significantly related to a settlement pattern of neighborhoods, nomadic bands, extended family compounds, and other small, but continuing units" (120)	Supported	5	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Matlock, James Graham	1993	6) Reincarnation beliefs are positively associated with transformation beliefs.	Marginally Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author