Sex, power, and resources: ecological and social correlates of sex differences

Contribution of women to subsistence is associated with women's ability to control resources produced by men (5)

The association is positive. Differences in this control in societies with variation in female contribution to subsistences were significant (5)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Spearman’s rank-order correlation	Supported	p<.01	? = .28	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Female Contribution To Subsistence	Independent	Division Of Labor By Gender, Gender Roles And Issues
Women's Control Of Resources Produced By Men	Dependent	Ownership And Control Of Capital, Gender Roles And Issues

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Low, Bobbi S.	1990	Women's ability to control resources produced by men will differ by marital residence (5).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Low, Bobbi S.	1990	Women's control of resources produced by only men or jointly produced will relate to the importance of irrigation agriculture (5)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Low, Bobbi S.	1990	Polygyny will be related to women's ability to control resources (5)	`UNKNOWN`	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Brown, Judith K.	1994	"In those societies in which women make a major contribution to subsistence, food is produced by women working in groups and typically (but not always) an older woman is in charge" (234).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Low, Bobbi S.	1992	Women's overt political power will be associated with group size, mobility, sex ratio, marriage system, male absence, ability to participate with men, female contribution to subsistence, level of political sovereignty, political organization hierarchy, and geographic region (70).	Not Supported	10	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author