A Cross-Cultural Nutrition Survey of 118 Societies, Representing the Major Cultural and Geographic Areas of the World

Adults will be healthier in societies with a long nursing period than in societies with a short nursing period (235).

First p-value includes all ratings, second includes only the more confident ratings.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Chi-square test	Some support	p = 0.05 / not significant	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Adult Health	Dependent	Morbidity, Mortality, Nutrition, Physiological Data
Length of Nursing Period	Independent	Infant Feeding, Weaning And Food Training

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Whiting, Marjorie Grant	1958	Infants will be healthier in societies with long nursing periods than those with short nursing periods (230).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Jimenez, Marcia Houdek	1979	In most societies, women will discontinue work for a period after giving brith (175).	Supported	1	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Jimenez, Marcia Houdek	1979	In the majority of societies will lighten the workload of women to some extent (174).	Supported	1	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Nag, Moni	1962	"The data available for the selected societies do not support the hypothesis that there is a positive association between the period of postpartum abstinence and extent of polygyny" (80)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	Extramarital sexual relations will be present in societies where the mother and nursing child typically sleep in the same bed (394, 315).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author