A cross-cultural study of drunkenness

Davis, William N.

A cross-cultural study of drunkenness

Harvard College • Cambridge • Published In 1964 • Pages: 101 •

By Davis, William N.

Hypothesis

"Sleeping arrangements were not significantly related to drunkenness. But mother-child households . . . tended to go with a low frequency of drunkenness" (55)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Chi square	Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Drunkenness	Dependent	Alcoholism And Drug Addiction
Mother-child Household	Independent	Household

Related Hypotheses

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Weisner, Thomas S.	1977	In early childhood the child is likely to spend half or less of the time with the mother (170).	Supported	1	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Sear, Rebecca	2008	The death of the mother will be strongly associated with higher child mortality (5).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Davis, William N.	1964	". . . an important mother, a good deal of indulgence, and a stress upon achievement or self-reliance tended to go with cultural practices that were related to a high frequency of drunkenness" (72)	Supported	6	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Whiting, John W.M.	1974	". . . the control of sexual impulses during childhood and adolescence [are] . . . a major problem [in polygynous mother-child households with exclusive mother-infant sleeping arrangements]" (182)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kitahara, Michio	1983	The presence of both mother-child sleeping and patrilocality will be positively associated with painful female puberty rites	Not Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author

A cross-cultural study of drunkenness

Harvard College • Cambridge • Published In 1964 • Pages: 101 • Cite

By Davis, William N.

Hypothesis

Test

Variables

Related Hypotheses

Harvard College • Cambridge • Published In 1964 • Pages: 101 •