Table 2. Comparison of raw fecundity between females of the heterosexual and homosexual samples via t-tests.
Heterosexuals | Homosexuals | ||||||||
Class of relatives | N | Av. Fec.* | SD | N | Av. Fec.* | SD | df | t | p |
Maternal aunts | 280 | 1.54 | 1.07 | 347 | 1.98 | 1.26 | 625 | 4.588 | .000 |
Paternal aunts | 251 | 1.84 | 1.23 | 280 | 1.82 | 1.18 | 529 | .182 | .856 |
Maternal grandmothers | 208 | 3.33 | 1.77 | 246 | 3.65 | 1.98 | 452 | 1.841 | .066 |
Paternal grandmothers | 208 | 3.36 | 2.03 | 245 | 3.32 | 1.75 | 451 | .218 | .827 |
Maternal aunts and maternal grandmothers | 488 | 2.30 | 1.66 | 593 | 2.67 | 1.79 | 1079 | 3.482 | .001 |
Paternal aunts and paternal grandmothers | 459 | 2.53 | 1.81 | 525 | 2.52 | 1.65 | 982 | .070 | .944 |
All female relatives | 947 | 2.41 | 1.74 | 1118 | 2.60 | 1.73 | 2063 | −2.468 | .014 |
Average fecundity.