Birth and 'bonding' in non-industrial societies

Infant care will be different among societies which foster parent-infant body contact and those that do not (595).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Comparison of percentages	Not Supported	above .10	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Caretaker, Mother	Dependent	Infant Care
Consistently Affectionate Care	Dependent	Infant Care
Infant Crying Received Nurturant Response	Dependent	Infant Care
Mother-infant Body Contact Encouraged Vs. Not Encouraged	Independent	Infant Care

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Lozoff, Betsy	1983	Parent-infant body contact after birth is emphasized in most societies (595).	Not Supported	1	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Munroe, Robert L.	1981	Societies with close mother-infant contact and patrilineage will practice male circumcision ceremonies. In societies with close mother-infant contact and without patrilineages, the couvade will be present (627).	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Zern, David	1972	"[In] societies where there was low constancy of presence of the nurturant agent, there was no separate name for the mother. . . . [Societies] where there was high constancy of presence of the nurturant agent . . . had a separate name for the mother" (112)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Weisner, Thomas S.	1977	In infancy the mother is most likely to be the principal caretaker (170).	Supported	1	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Zern, David	1976	"Societies where a nurturant presence was constantly present . . . were more likely to have the simplest local jurisdictional hierarchy" (7)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author