Explaining marriage patterns in a globally representative sample through socio-ecology and population history: A Bayesian phylogenetic analysis using a new supertree

Arranged female marriages will predict the percent of married men who are polygynous.

PP stands for posterior probability.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Bayesian phylogenetic multi-response model	Not Supported	p > 0.05; PP = 0.94	`UNKNOWN`	two-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Arranged Female Marriages	Independent	Arranging A Marriage
Married Polygynous Men	Dependent	Polygamy

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Apostolou, Menelaos	2017	Subsistence type and marriage type will affect the prevalence of extramarital relationships for married men and women; this relationship will differ between societies where arranged marriages are prevalent and societies where it is not (p.197)."	Not Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Low, Bobbi S.	1990	Pathogen stress will be positively associated with the percentages of men and women polygynously married (p. 325).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Minocher, Riana	2019	Female contribution to agriculture will predict the percent of married men who are polygynous.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	In societies that practice female initiation rites, marriages will be polygynous and preferentially sororal (244, 382).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Minocher, Riana	2019	Pathogen stress will predict the percent of married men who are polygynous.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author