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Table 20 The level of association between cultural traits and geographic regions is low on average, with an average Cramer’s V of 0.353, which has a range from 0 to 1

From: Studying Cultural Evolution at the Tips: Human Cross-cultural Ecology

Cultural variability across geographic regions

P value (χ2)

Cramer’s V

Gender of legendary entities

<0.921

0.094

Number system base

<0.627

0.138

Highest recorded indigenous count

<0.392

0.244

Descent pattern

<0.094

0.245

Community marriage organization

<0.364

0.254

Largest cognatic kin group

<0.078

0.267

Marriage residence pattern

<0.040

0.271

Descent, major type

<0.035

0.312

Mode of subsistence

<0.001

0.326

Writing system type

<0.006

0.333

Kin terms for cousins

<0.049

0.347

Domestic organization

<0.003

0.365

Calendar type

<0.014

0.384

Grammatical system

<0.050

0.388

Dominant lucky or ritual number

<0.603

0.393

Method of counting/tallying

<0.117

0.405

Monotheism

<0.001

0.437

Borrowed or invented writing system

<0.001

0.450

Preference for even or odd numbers

<0.005

0.465

Subsistence economy

<0.001

0.475

Intensity of agriculture

<0.001

0.481

Religious influence

<0.001

0.532

Number of languages in language families

<0.001

0.602

Language family

<0.001

0.853