Correlates of the long post-partum taboo:  a cross-cultural study

"Long postpartum taboo will be more frequent in societies requiring bridewealth or exchange of a female relative to obtain a wife" (243)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Chi square	Supported	p<.001	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Bridewealth And Sister Exchange	Independent	Mode Of Marriage
Long Postpartum Taboo	Dependent	General Sex Restrictions, Postnatal Care

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Saucier, Jean-Francois	1972	"A long postpartum taboo will be more frequent in societies with customary polygyny" (243)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Saucier, Jean-Francois	1972	"A long postpartum taboo will be more frequent in societies with unilineal kin groups" (244)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Saucier, Jean-Francois	1972	"A long postpartum taboo will be more frequent in societies with localized kin groups" (244)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Saucier, Jean-Francois	1972	"A long postpartum taboo will be more frequent in societies in which the succession of office of local headman is hereditary" (244)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Saucier, Jean-Francois	1972	"A long postpartum taboo will be more frequent in societies where the inheritance of real property is not equal between siblings" (244)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author