Factors affecting human fertility in nonindustrial societies:  a cross-cultural study

"The data . . . Do not support the hypothesis of positive associations between . . . polygyny and . . . Sterility or childlessness" (96)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Z Scores	Partially supported	above .10	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Polygyny	Dependent	Polygamy
Sterility Or Childlessness	Independent	Conception

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Betzig, Laura L.	1989	Sterility, or childlessness between the couple, is positively associated with conjugal dissolutation (662).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Rosenblatt, Paul C.	1973	Magico-religious-ethnomedical solutions to childlessness will be more likely to be tried first than adoption or fosterage, divorce, or polygyny (224-5).	Partially supported	1	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Rosenblatt, Paul C.	1973	Women will be more likely to be blamed for childlessness than men (227).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Rosenblatt, Paul C.	1972	"Societies that do not allow divorce for childlessness have less severe penalties for adultery" (122)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Nag, Moni	1962	"Our data support the hypothesis that there is a negative association between the incidence of sterility and fertility" (122)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author