Disease and diversity in long-term economic development

The presence of pathogen stress is positively correlated to increased ethnic diversity during pre-colonial times.

"Robust standard errors. ***, ** and * denote statistical significance at the 1, 5, and 10 percent levels, respectively." (106086)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Ordinary least squares regression	Supported	1% level	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Pathogen Stress	Independent	Morbidity
Ethnic diversity	Dependent	Composition Of Population

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Cashdan, Elizabeth	2001	Greater ethnic diversity will be found in regions with greater pathogen stress and reduced climatic variation and unpredictability (975).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Low, Bobbi S.	1990	Pathogen stress will be positively associated with polygyny (p. 325).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Tinston, Jennifer	2018	There is a relationship between pathogen stress and household form.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Birchenall, Javier A.	2023	The presence of disease is negatively correlated with the presence of large buildings during the pre-colonial era.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Cashdan, Elizabeth	2001	At lower latitudes there will be more ethnic groups in a region (974).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author