Infanticide as a terminal abortion procedure

Birth ceremonies are more common in societies that customarily practice infanticide than in societies that do not (p. 72-3).

Birth ceremonies were present in nearly all cases in the sample.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
`UNKNOWN`	Not Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Occurrence Of Birth Ceremonies	Dependent	Ceremonial During Infancy And Childhood
Presence Of Infanticide	Independent	Abortion And Infanticide

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Minturn, Leigh	1982	Infanticide occurs before the birth ceremony is performed (p. 72).	Supported	1	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	In societies practicing infanticide, male genital mutilation will be prevalent (377, 296).	Marginally Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Granzberg, Gary	1973	"Twin infanticide is found in societies that provide insufficient facilities for a mother properly to rear two children at once while at the same time fulfilling her other responsibilities" (406)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	Societies where infanticide is absent or inferred absent will tend to have matrilocal marital residence (208, 296).	Marginally Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Lozoff, Betsy	1983	Parent-infant body contact after birth is emphasized in most societies (595).	Not Supported	1	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author