Female exclusion from religious roles: a cross-cultural test of competing explanations

Social Forces • Published In 1982 • Pages: 79-98 •

By Welch, Michael R.

Hypothesis

Women’s access to the shaman role will be positively associated with women’s power in kin networks and negatively associated with control of property (88).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
multiple regression	Supported	p<.01	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Women's Access To Shaman Role	Dependent	Shamans And Psychotherapists
Women's Control Of Property	Independent	Property System, Gender Status
Women's Power In Kin Networks	Independent	Gender Status, Kin Groups

Related Hypotheses

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Hendrix, Lewellyn	1988	Less communal modes of production will be associated with lower status for women and these relationships will hold when controlling for women's control of property.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Hendrix, Lewellyn	1988	Less communal modes of production will be associated with lower levels of property control for women (440).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Pirlott, Angela G.	2023	As women's access to economic resources increases, women's sexual unrestrictedness increases as well.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Hendrix, Lewellyn	1988	Women's control of property (a proxy for their control of economic production) will be positively associated with indicators of high social status for women and negatively associated with indicators of low status (440).	Partially supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Whyte, Martin King	1978	Women's control of property will be positively associated with women's status (45)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author