The politics of reproductive ritual

Female puberty ceremonies are positively correlated with matrilocal and bilocal residence patterns (116).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Pearson's r	Supported	p < 0.02	r = 0.35	`UNKNOWN`

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Brown, Judith K.	1963	The presence of female initiation rites will be associated with societies in which girls stay in the domestic unit with their mothers 50% or more (matrilocal or bilocal societies)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kitahara, Michio	1983	Societies with matrilocal or ambilocal residence will be positively associated with female puberty rites.	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Brown, Judith K.	1963	Societies in which girls remain in the domestic unit with their mothers 50 percent or more (matirlocal or bilocal) are positively associated with presence of female initiation rites (840)	`UNKNOWN`	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Driver, Harold E.	1969	In Western North America, matrilocal residence is positively associated with public recognition of girls' puberty (905).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Davis, William N.	1964	"Bilocal, neolocal and, possibly, matrilocal residence patterns should be associated with a high level of drunkenness while patrilocal societies should be associated with a low level of drunkenness" (23)	Partially supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author