A Cross-Cultural Summary: Polygyny

In societies with a moderate or strong emphasis on military glory, polygynous marriage will be common or occasional (249, 419).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Fisher's Exact Test	Supported	p = .040	Phi = .324	Two-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Military Glory	Association	Status, Role, And Prestige, Instigation Of War
Polygynous Marriage	Association	Polygamy

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Blum, Richard H.	1969	"When military glory is strongly emphasized (or moderately), then: [male use of alcohol is predominant; and the culture approves rather than disapproves of the use of cannabis]" (167)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Eckhardt, William	1975	"African cultures were positively related to military glory [militarism] and war preparations, while East Eurasian cultues were negatively related to warfare and sadism" (57).	Supported	5	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Eckhardt, William	1975	The four primitive militarism variables, war prevalance, militarism (military glory), war preparations (bellicosity), and sadism formed a single type of primitive militarism whose principal member was the attitude of military glory (56-57).	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Eckhardt, William	1975	Militarism or the pursuit of military glory, the second primitive militarism variable, was most strongly related to discipline, sexual repression, narcissism, and cultural development variables (58-60).	Supported	5	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Whiting, John W.M.	1968	"Polygynous form of marriage can be predicted from a curvilinear floor plan" (130)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author