Divorce and the status of women

Descent (matrilineal, other, patrilineal) will be negatively associated with female status (381)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Correlation	Supported	p<.05	gamma=-.40	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Descent	Independent	Lineages
Female Status	Dependent	Gender Status

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Lee, Gary R.	1979	The status of the elderly will be positively associated with unlineal descent, with a patrilineal system predicting high elderly male status and a matrilineal system predicting high elderly female status (432).	Partially supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Whyte, Martin King	1978	Matrilineal descent will be associated with higher status for women (33)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Sanday, Peggy Reeves	1973	Female status will be associated with female contribution to subsistence (1685).	Partially supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Pearson, Jr., Willie	1979	Female status will be positively associated with divorce rate (378, 381)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Pearson, Jr., Willie	1979	Community size will be negatively associated with female status (381)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author