Lullabies and Universality: An Ethnographic Review

Cross-Cultural Research Vol/Iss. 0(0) Sage Publications Published In Pages: 1-36
By Aubinet, Stéphane

Hypothesis

When lullabies are defined broadly as any type of singing used to soothe or comfort children, they are a statistical universal across all human cultures.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
One-tailed Binomial TestSupportedp < 0.0001UNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Presence of lullabiesDependentMusic, Infant Care

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