Bride theft and raiding for wives in cross-cultural perspective

According to the hypothesis bridetheft is more likely to occur in societies with mother-child households. The data contradict this (247)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Chi square	Not Supported	above .10	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Bride Theft	Dependent	Mode Of Marriage
Form Of Household	Independent	Household

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Ayres, Barbara	1974	"Tylor reported that bride theft was invariably associated with patrilocal residence . . ." (244)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ayres, Barbara	1974	"The presence of status differentials within the society which are based upon birth, wealth or occupation is not shown to be related to bride theft" (242-243)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ayres, Barbara	1974	"Table X shows, however, that bride theft is most likely to occur in societies where the father's role is important' (248)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ayres, Barbara	1974	"Although bride theft is somewhat more likely to occur in societies with general polygyny than in societies with limited polygyny or monogamy, the majority (63 percent) of societies with general polygyny do not have bride theft" (241)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ayres, Barbara	1974	Societies requiring a bride price at marriage should tend to have a higher proportion of bridetheft than those where considerations at marriage are less substantial (242)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author