Dowry as female competition

Dowry will be associated with societies that are agricultural but have low female subsistance labor (1000).

However, discriminant analysis results show that this hypothesis is less predictive than the previous hypothesis.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Comparison of percentages	Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Schlegel, Alice	1988	Distribution of marriage transactions will be associated with subsistence technology such that dowry is more common in agricultural societies (295-6).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Gaulin, Steven J.C.	1990	Dowry will be associated with non-polygynous marriage systems and significant stratification (999).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Schlegel, Alice	1988	Distribution of marriage transactions will be associated with female contribution to subsistence such that bridewealth is more common where female contribution is high (298-9).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Šaffa, Gabriel	2022	Female premarital sex is more likely to be restricted in societies in which marriage involves a dowry.	Not supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Sanday, Peggy R.	1974	". . . when the percentage of female contribution to subsistence is either very high or very low, female status . . . is also low. . . . The more balance there is in division of labor by sex the higher the [female] status score" (198)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author