Witchcraft and co-wife proximity in southwestern kenya

Ethnology Vol/Iss. 1 Published In Pages: 39-45
By LeVine, Robert A.

Hypothesis

"The largest proportion of high-sorcery societies is found among those in which plural wives live in the same house, and the second largest proportion is found where there is the mother-child household, which does not involve many persons under one roof but almost always involves polygyny" (44)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Comparison of percentagesSupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Household TypeIndependentHousehold
SorceryDependentSorcery