Human responses to environmental extremeness and uncertainty: a cross-cultural perspective

Risk and Uncertainty in Tribal and Peasant Economies Westview Press Boulder, CO Published In Pages: 229-255
By Low, Bobbi S.

Hypothesis

The degree of polygyny will be greatest in fluctuating environments and least in predictably constant environments (238).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Spearman’s rank-order correlationSupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Environmental PredictabilityIndependentClimate
PolygynyDependentPolygamy