Cultural correlates of the regulation of premarital sex behavior

Process and Pattern in Culture: Essays in Honor of Julian H. Steward Aldine Chicago Published In Pages: 399-410
By Murdock, George Peter

Hypothesis

"Logically, we might expect to find restrictive norms of premarital sex behavior with political complexity and permissive norms with simple political systems" (405)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Comparison of raw scoresSupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Political IntegrationIndependentTerritorial Hierarchy
Premarital Sex NormsDependentPremarital Sex Relations