Affiliations: Structural Determinants of Differential Divorce Rates

"Low divorce rates are associated with community endogamy, and high divorce rates are associated with community exogamy" (472)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Fisher's Exact Test	Supported	p=.024	Yule’s Q= .94	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Community Endogamy Or Exogamy	Independent	Residence
Divorce Rates	Dependent	Termination Of Marriage

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Ackerman, Charles	1968	In bilateral societies community endogamy ( vs. exogamy) is negatively associated with divorce rates.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ackerman, Charles	1968	In bilateral societies a combination of community and consanguine endogamy and exogamy are associated. In lineal societies, the levirate will predict low divorce rates. (p. 476)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ackerman, Charles	1968	In bilateral societies consanguine endogamy (vs. exogamy) is negatively associated with divorce rates.	Partially supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ackerman, Charles	1963	"Low divorce rates are associated with consaguine endogamy, and high divorce rates are associated with consanguine exogamy" (472)	Supported (marginally)	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ackerman, Charles	1963	By combining both community and consanguine endogamy, achieving a maximum of conjunctive affiliation, societies should have a strengthened association with low divorce rate. The reverse should be true for societies with combined community and consanguine exogamy (473)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author