Bride theft and raiding for wives in cross-cultural perspective

Ayres, Barbara

Bride theft and raiding for wives in cross-cultural perspective

Anthropological Quarterly • Vol/Iss. 71 • Published In 1974 • Pages: 238-252 •

By Ayres, Barbara

Hypothesis

"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)

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 Marriage	Independent	Polygamy

Related Hypotheses

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
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	"Table VI shows that there is no relationship between bride theft and norms of premarital sexual behavior. A high valuatin of virginity then, cannot be considered as a causal factor of any general importance" (244)	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
Ayres, Barbara	1974	"Table IV indicates that bride theft occurs only rarely where parents exercise either absolute control or no control over their daughters' marriages, but is present in nearly half the societies in which controls are of a intermediate degree of strictness" (242)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ayres, Barbara	1974	"The finding presented in Table VIII that bride theft occurs only in societies where mother and infant sleep together strongly supports the hypothesis of sex identity conflict (P=.01) . . ." (247)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author

Bride theft and raiding for wives in cross-cultural perspective

Anthropological Quarterly • Vol/Iss. 71 • Published In 1974 • Pages: 238-252 • Cite

By Ayres, Barbara

Hypothesis

Test

Variables

Related Hypotheses

Anthropological Quarterly • Vol/Iss. 71 • Published In 1974 • Pages: 238-252 •