Predictors of Land Privatization: Cross-Cultural Tests of Defendability and Resource Stress Theory
American Anthropologist • Vol/Iss. 122(4) • American Anthropological Association • Arlington, VA • Published In • Pages: 745-758 •
By Ember, Carol R., Adem, Terferi Abate, Brougham, Tahlisa, Pitek, Emily
Hypothesis
In societies with nonpermanent settlements, famines will be negatively associated with communal property
Note
The correlation was significant in the opposite direction
Test Name | Support | Significance | Coefficient | Tail |
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Gamma/Rho | Not supported | p<0.10 | gamma=0.343, rho=0.401 | Two-tailed |
Variable Name | Variable Type | OCM Term(s) |
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Property System | Dependent variable | Property System |
Rate of famine | Independent variable | Disasters |