Individual Mate Choice in an Arranged Marriage Context: Evidence from the Standard Cross-cultural Sample

Evolutionary Psychological Science • Vol/Iss. 3(3) • Springer • • Published In • Pages: 193-200 •
By Apostolou, Menelaos

Hypothesis

Subsistence type and marriage type will affect the frequency of men's premarital relations; this relationship will differ between societies where arranged marriages are prevalent and societies where it is not (p.195)."

Note

"In about 60% of the societies in the sample, these relationships were "Universal," with the respective rate in arranged marriage societies to be about 39% (p.195-9)." Additionally, "there was only one significant odds ratio which indicated that arranged married societies, as opposed to the rest of the societies, were 5.9 times more likely to classify as having "Uncommon" than "Universal" premarital relationships.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Multinomial logistic regressionPartialSubsistence Type not significant, Marriage Type p =0.039Marriage Type: Chi-square=8.38UNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Arranged MarriageControlArranging A Marriage
Marriage TypeIndependentArranging A Marriage, Mode Of Marriage, Regulation Of Marriage
Subsistence TypeIndependentAgriculture, Animal Husbandry, Production And Supply
Frequency of men's premarital relationshipsDependentPremarital Sex Relations

Related Hypotheses

Main AuthorHypothesis
Apostolou, MenelaosSubsistence type and marriage type will affect the frequency of premarital relations; this relationship will differ between societies where arranged marriages are prevalent and societies where it is not (p.195).
Apostolou, MenelaosSubsistence type and marriage type will affect the attitude towards women's premarital relationships; this relationship will differ between societies where arranged marriages are prevalent and societies where it is not (p.195-6)."
Apostolou, MenelaosSubsistence type and marriage type will affect the prevalence of extramarital relationships for married men and women; this relationship will differ between societies where arranged marriages are prevalent and societies where it is not (p.197)."
Apostolou, MenelaosSubsistence type and marriage type will affect the double standard with regard to premarital sex; this relationship will differ between societies where arranged marriages are prevalent and societies where it is not (p.195)."
Apostolou, MenelaosSubsistence type and marriage type will affect the double standard with regard to extramarital sex; this relationship will differ between societies where arranged marriages are prevalent and societies where it is not (p.195)."