Resource distribution, social competition, and mating patterns in human societies

Sororal polygyny will be associated with cross-cousin marriages (236).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Comparison of percentages	Supported	p<.001	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Cross-cousin Marriages	Dependent	Regulation Of Marriage
Sororal Polygyny	Independent	Polygamy

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Textor, Robert B.	1967	In societies that practice female initiation rites, marriages will be polygynous and preferentially sororal (244, 382).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	In societies where females mainly weave, marriages will be polygynous and preferentially sororal (244, 129).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	In societies with high rates of avoidance for a son's wife, marriages will tend to not be polygynous and sororal (247, 258).	Marginally Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Aberle, David F.	1961	[In matrilineal systems] "The relationship of sororal and limited sororal polygyny with matrilocality, and of general and non-sororal polygyny with virilocality is strong and significant. . . . Also . . . the association of general and non-sororal polygyny with avunculocality and sororal and limited sororal polygyny is even stronger" (719)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Berting, J.	1960	"We can expect more marriages with mBd in societies with prescriptive unilateral cross-cousin marriages than in societies with preferential unilateral cross-cousin marriages" (59)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author