Alternative predictors of polygyny

Controlling on age at marriage, the presence/absence of male mortality in warfare will be associated with polygyny (13).

High male mortality only predicts polygyny when when men are less than seven years older than women at first marriage.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Fisher’s exact test	Partially supported	p<.05	phi=.58	One-tailed

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Ember, Melvin	1984	Controlling on the presence/absence of high male mortality in warfare, delayed age at marriage will be associated with polygyny (11).	Partially supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Melvin	1984	Societies where there is at least a seven-year discrepancy in age at marriage or high male mortality in warfare will tend to have polygyny (13).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Melvin	1974	"A high male mortality in warfare is strongly associated with polygyny" (202)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Melvin	2007	In nonstate societies, male mortality in warfare will be positively associated with nonsororal polygyny.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
von Rueden, Christopher R.	2016	Male status is positively associated with mating effort, but not with offspring mortality (10825).	Supported	8	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author