Initiation ceremonies:  a cross-cultural study of status dramatization

"The postpartum taboo on a mother's sex relations is associated with corporate family organization" (121)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Comparison of percentages	Supported	Not Applicable	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Clan Organization	Association	Localized Kin Groups
Postpartum Taboo	Association	General Sex Restrictions

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Young, Frank W.	1967	"Stephens reports that the postpartum taboo tends to be bimodally distributed. On the contrary, degree of elaboration of menstrual taboos is associated with increasing length of the postpartum taboo" (104)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Young, Frank W.	1962	"The two aspects of what may not be labeled 'absent-father family organization' have no empirical relation to initiation ceremonies when male solidarity is controlled" (386)	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bourguignon, Erika	1973	Duration of postpartum sex taboo will vary according to world region (59).	Support claimed	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Nerlove, Sara	1967	There will be a relationship "between a long postpartum sex taboo and brother-sister avoidance" (185)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Sweetser, Dorrian Apple	1966	Contrary to the findings of William N. Stephens no significant association was found between avoidance and a long postpartum sex taboo (311)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author