Population growth, society, and culture: an inventory of cross-culturally tested causal hypotheses

HRAF Press New Haven, CT Published In Pages: 126
By Sipes, Richard G.

Hypothesis

Difficulty of marriage will be negatively associated with Population Growth Rate (PGR) (62).

Note

Difficulty of marriage is measured as a composite of 6 variables, including wealth required for males and females for marriage, females and males find scarcity of mates, and first marriage of males and females at early age.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
GammaNot Supportedp = 0.18gamma = -0.23UNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Population Growth RateDependentPopulation
Difficulty of MarriageIndependentMode Of Marriage