Male Puberty Rites: a path analytic model

Community-wide exclusive male work groups are positively associated with male puberty rites (296).

Controlled for autocorrelation

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Phi coefficient	Supported	p<.01	.30	Two-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Male Puberty Rites	Dependent	Puberty And Initiation
Male Work Groups, Exclusive	Independent	Division Of Labor By Gender, Sodalities

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Kitahara, Michio	1984	Among groups without puberty rites in Africa, Circim-Mediterranean, and Insular Pacific, there is a negative association between extent of menstrual taboos and presence of community-wide exclusive male groups.	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kitahara, Michio	1984	Among cultures without puberty rites in East Eurasia, North America and South America, there is a positive relationship between extent of menstrual taboos and presence of community-wide exclusive male groups.	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kitahara, Michio	1982	Polygyny is positively associated with male puberty rites (296).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kitahara, Michio	1982	Sexual differentiation is positively associated with male puberty rites (296)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kitahara, Michio	1982	Distant father-child relationships are positively associated with male puberty rites (296).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author