When one wife is enough: a cross-cultural study of the determinants of monogamy

Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology Vol/Iss. 7 Published In Pages: 211-237
By Dow, Malcolm M., Eff, E. Anthon

Hypothesis

Male mortality and social controls for parental certainty will be negatively associated with monogamy (p. 215).

Note

These variables were excluded from a restricted model.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
multiple regressionNot SupportedNot Significantb = .043 for male mortalityUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Male MortalityIndependentMortality
MonogamyDependentPolygamy
Parental CertaintyIndependentPremarital Sex Relations, Extramarital Sex Relations