Table 1. Correlations with average lyrical compressibility.
| Variable | Kendall’s τ | Kendall’s τ (Detrended) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| INFORMATION LANDSCAPE | Music Production | .714*** | .222** |
| ECOLOGICAL | GDP per capita | .733*** | .044 |
| GDP growth | -.260** | -.073 | |
| Unemployment | .051 | .135 | |
| Pathogen Prevalence | -.490*** | .324** | |
| Climatic Stress | -.118 | .050 | |
| Armed Conflict | .229* | .063 | |
| SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL | Immigration | .563*** | -.155 |
| Ethnic Heterogeneity | .737*** | -.066 | |
| Residential Mobility | -.692*** | -.230* | |
| Population Size | .726*** | .135 | |
| CULTURAL | Conservatism | -.019 | -.287* |
| Collectivism | -.225* | -.124 |
*p < .05,
** p ≤ .01,
*** p ≤ .001.