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By Zeina Nehme
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Variables Used:
 V740-Marriage Arrangement
 V743-Attitude Towards Divorce
 V744-Frequency of Divorce
Arranged Marriages result in low divorce rate, hence the attitudes towards divorce are disapproved and the frequency of divorce is uncommon.
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To test the hypothesis, I used Cross-
Tabulations with correlations and statistical significance.
I also researched authors who have coded these variables and they are:
Goody, Rosenblatt, Schlegel,
Coppinger, Eloul, etc…
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Count
Table 1a
 Cross-tab of Marriage Arrangement & Attitudes Towards
Divorce.
Crosstab
V743
V740 1 Selects and courts partner autonomous ly: approval not needed
2 Selects partner parental, kin approval needed
3 Suggests partner to parents ,is approved arrangements proceed
4 Individual choice & arranged marriages are alternatives
5 Parents choose partner: individual can object
6 Parents choose partner: individual cannot eas ily object
1 Expected, accepted, tolerated, not dis approved
3
2
1
1
2 Mildly dis approved attempts by other to reconcile couple
2
1
4
2
2
3 Approved if reasons are considered jus itified
1
2
2
2
4 Expected, accepted, tolerated, not dis approved in 1st years
1
5
1
5 Strongly dis approved, stigma attached to divorce
1
7 11 7 7 1
Total
12
2
2
8
6
3

Table 1b
 Symmetric Measures for the results from Table 1a
Symmetric Measures
Ordinal by Ordinal
N of Valid Cases
Kendall's tau-b
Value
-.248
33
As ymp.
Std. Error a
.139
Approx. T a. Not as suming the null hypothesis.
b. Us ing the asymptotic standard error assuming the null hypothesis.
-1.782
b
Approx. Sig.
.075
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Table 2a
 Cross-tab of Marriage Arrangement & Frequency of Divorce.
Crosstab
1 Universal or almost univers al
2 Common, frequent, not uncommon
1 2
V744
3 Moderate: a s mall minority of couples divorce
4 Frequent in first years of marriage and before children
1
5 Rare, isolated ins tances, never Total
V740 1 Selects and courts partner autonomous ly: approval not needed
2 Selects partner parental, kin approval needed
3 Suggests partner to parents ,is approved arrangements proceed
4 Individual choice & arranged marriages are alternatives
5 Parents choose partner: individual can object
6 Parents choose partner: individual cannot eas ily object
3
1
5
9
3
2
2
18
2
3
2
1
8
2
1
1
2
7
2
1
2
5
4
18
1
8
8
4
6
43

Table 2b
 Symmetric Measures for the results from Table 2a
Symmetric Measures
Ordinal by Ordinal
N of Valid Cases
Kendall's tau-b
Value
.170
43
As ymp.
Std. Error a
.130
Approx. T a. Not as suming the null hypothesis.
b. Us ing the asymptotic standard error assuming the null hypothesis.
1.320
b
Approx. Sig.
.187
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I reject the null hypothesis when I test it with the attitudes of divorce variable
 Divorce attitudes are stricter in societies where individuals select their partner as we can see in tables 1a & 1b. Therefore this proves my hypothesis wrong
 The correlation is a negative slope.
 P value is significant at .075
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However, I accept the null hypothesis when I test it with the frequency of divorce variable
 Frequency of Divorce is more in societies where individuals select their partners and less in arranged marriage societies.
 The correlation is positive in this case
 P value is significant at .187
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The correlations of arranged marriage with attitudes towards divorce are opposite to those with frequency of divorce (behavior).
With a larger sample size, the standard error will be smaller, making the results more significant especially in the second case where frequency of divorce was tested and the p value is at .187, a larger sample would have reduced that value making it more significant. Whether a larger sample would produce significance would require testing with a larger sample.
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Goody, Jack. "Comparative Studies in
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Rosenblatt, Paul C. “Marital Residence and the Function of Romantic Love.” Ethnology: vol. VI, no.4, p.471-480. Pittsburgh, 1967.
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