SUBSISTENCE ECONOMY AND SUPPORTIVE PRACTICES George P. Murdock and Diana O. Morrow. 1970. ETHNOLOGY 9:302-330. Datafile: STDS01.DAT Vars. 1- 22 subsistence INFANCY AND EARLY CHILDHOOD Barry, Herbert, III, and Leonora M. Paxson. 1971. ETHNOLOGY 10: 466-508. Datafile: STDS02.DAT Vars. 23- 60 infancy & early childhood Vars. 23-32 deal with infancy only, from the first year until the transition to early childhood (see 38-39, 42, 44), usually at 12-18 months.The early and late infancy periods of variables 24-27 refer to the first few months after birth versus the period after crawling begins,usually around 9 months. Vars. 33-38 include both infancy and early childhood, the latter usually to the age of 4-5 years. Vars. 39-50 deal with the transition to childhood, around 12-18 months.Vars. 51-60 provide a comparison of infancy and childhood. SETTLEMENT PATTERNS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION George P. Murdock and Suzanne F. Wilson. 1972. ETHNOLOGY 11: 254-295. Datafile: STDS03.DAT Vars. 61- 80 settlement & community POLITICAL ORGANIZATION Tuden, Arthur, and Catherine Marshall. 1972. ETHNOLOGY 11:436-464. Datafile: STDS04.DAT Vars. 81- 98 political organization DIVISION OF LABOR Murdock, George P., and Caterina Provost. 1973. ETHNOLOGY 12:203-225. Datafile: STDS05.DAT Vars. 99-148 division of labor CULTURAL COMPLEXITY Murdock, George P., and Caterina Provost. 1971. ETHNOLOGY 12:379-392. Datafile: STDS06.DAT Vars. 149-158 cultural complexity SEXUAL ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES Broude,Gwen, and Sarah J. Greene. 1976. ETHNOLOGY 15:409-429. Datafile: STDS07.DAT Vars. 159-178 sexual practices & attitudes CLIMATE DATA FROM WEATHER STATIONS Whiting, John W. M. (New Codes: Not Previously Published) Datafile: STDS08.DAT Vars. 179-199 climate These codes are taken from Climate maps, for weather stations closest to the time and place of each societal focus. ETHNOGRAPHIC ATLAS Murdock, George P. 1962-1971. Installments in ETHNOLOGY. These are some of the most accurate codings in the database STDS09.DAT Vars. 200-231 STDS10.DAT Vars. 232-268 STDS11.DAT Var. 269 STDS12.DAT Vars. 270-292 200. REGION 201. AREA 202. EA NUMBER 203. DEPENDENCE ON GATHERING 204. DEPENDENCE ON HUNTING 205. DEPENDENCE ON FISHING 206. DEPENDENCE ON ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 207. DEPENDENCE ON AGRICULTURE 208. MODE OF MARRIAGE 209. MODE OF MARRIAGE (ALTERNATE) 210. DOMESTIC ORGANIZATION 211. COMPOSITION OF DOMESTIC GROUP 212. MARITAL COMPOSITION WITHIN EXTENDED FAMILIES 213. MARITAL RESIDENCE WITH KIN: FIRST YEARS 214. TRANSFER OF RESIDENCE AT MARRIAGE: FIRST YEARS 215. MARITAL RESIDENCE WITH KIN: AFTER FIRST YEARS 216. TRANSFER OF RESIDENCE AT MARRIAGE: AFTER FIRST YEARS 217. MARITAL RESIDENCE WITH KIN: ALTERNATE FORM 218. TRANSFER OF RESIDENCE AT MARRIAGE: ALTERNATE FORM 219. COMMUNITY MARRIAGE ORGANIZATION 220. COMMUNITY MARRIAGE ORGANIZATION (Alternate) 221. LARGEST PATRILINEAL KIN GROUP 222. LARGEST PATRILINEAL EXOGAMOUS GROUP (IF DIFFERENT) 223. LARGEST MATRILINEAL KIN GROUP 224. LARGEST MATRILINEAL EXOGAMOUS GROUP (IF DIFFERENT) 225. COGNATIC KIN GROUPS 226. SECONDARY COGNATIC KIN GROUP: WHERE BOTH KINDREDS AND RAMAGES 227. NUMBER OF COUSIN MARRIAGES (Allowed) 228. NUMBER OF COUSIN MARRIAGES (Preferred) 229. SUBTYPES OF COUSIN MARRIAGES (Allowed) 231. KIN TERMS FOR COUSINS 232. INTENSITY OF CULTIVATION 233. MAJOR CROP TYPE 234. SETTLEMENT PATTERNS 235. MEAN SIZE OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES 236. JURISDICTIONAL HIERARCHY OF LOCAL COMMUNITY 237. JURISDICTIONAL HIERARCHY BEYOND LOCAL COMMUNITY 238. HIGH GODS 239. GAMES 240. POST-PARTUM SEX TABOOS 241. MALE GENITAL MUTILATIONS 242. SEGREGATION OF ADOLESCENT BOYS 243. ANIMALS AND PLOW CULTIVATION 244. PREDOMINANT TYPE OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 245. MILKING OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS 246. SUBSISTENCE ECONOMY 247. DESCENT: MAJOR TYPE (From Vars. 121-126) 248. SEX DIFFERENCES IN METAL WORKING 249. SEX DIFFERENCES IN WEAVING 250. SEX DIFFERENCES IN LEATHER WORKING 251. SEX DIFFERENCES IN POTTERY MAKING 252. SEX DIFFERENCES IN BOAT BUILDING 253. SEX DIFFERENCES IN HOUSE CONSTRUCTION 254. AGE OR OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALIZATION IN METAL WORKING 255. AGE OR OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALIZATION IN WEAVING 256. AGE OR OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALIZATION IN LEATHER WORKING 257. AGE OR OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALIZATION IN POTTERY MAKING 258. AGE OR OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALIZATION IN BOAT BUILDING 259. AGE OR OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALIZATION IN HOUSE CONSTRUCTION 260. SEX DIFFERENCES IN GATHERING 261. SEX DIFFERENCES IN HUNTING 262. SEX DIFFERENCES IN FISHING 263. SEX DIFFERENCES IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 264. SEX DIFFERENCES IN AGRICULTURE 265. AGE OR OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALIZATION IN GATHERING 266. AGE OR OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALIZATION IN HUNTING 267. AGE OR OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALIZATION IN FISHING 268. AGE OR OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALIZATION IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 269. Murdock's Language Code: Revised in a later issue; no codes here. 270. CLASS STRATIFICATION 271. CLASS STRATIFICATION, SECONDARY FEATURE 272. CASTE STRATIFICATION (ENDOGAMY) 273. CASTE STRATIFICATION, SECONDARY TYPE 274. TYPE OF SLAVERY 275. FORMER PRESENCE OF SLAVERY 276. SUCCESSION TO THE OFFICE OF LOCAL HEADMAN 277. SUCCESSION TO OFFICE OF LOCAL HEADMAN, BREAKDOWN OF HEREDITARY SUCCESSION 278. INHERITANCE OF REAL PROPERTY (LAND) 279. INHERITANCE OF MOVABLE PROPERTY 280. INHERITANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 281. INHERITANCE OF MOVABLE PROPERTY 282. NORMS OF PREMARITAL SEX BEHAVIOR OF GIRLS 283. PREVAILING TYPE OF DWELLING: GROUND PLAN 284. PREVAILING TYPE OF DWELLING: FLOOR LEVEL 285. PREVAILING TYPE OF DWELLING: WALL MATERIAL 286. PREVAILING TYPE OF DWELLING: SHAPE OF ROOF 287. PREVAILING TYPE OF DWELLING: ROOFING MATERIALS 288. SECONDARY OR ALTERNATIVE HOUSE TYPE: GROUND PLAN 289. SECONDARY OR ALTERNATIVE HOUSE TYPE: FLOOR LEVEL 290. SECONDARY OR ALTERNATIVE HOUSE TYPE: WALL MATERIAL 291. SECONDARY OR ALTERNATIVE HOUSE TYPE: SHAPE OF ROOF 292. SECONDARY OR ALTERNATIVE HOUSE TYPE: ROOFING MATERIALS TRAITS INCULCATED IN CHILDHOOD Barry, Herbert,III, Lili Josephson, Edith Lauer, and Catherine Marshall 1976. ETHNOLOGY 15:83-114. STDS13.DAT Vars. 293-336 AGENTS AND TECHNIQUES OF CHILD TRAINING Barry, Herbert,III, Lili Josephson, Edith Lauer, and Catherine Marshall 1977. ETHNOLOGY 16:191-230. STDS14.DAT Vars. 337-376 STDS15.DAT Vars. 377-404 STDS16.DAT Vars. 405-432 STDS17.DAT Vars. 433-460 STDS18.DAT Vars. 461-480 PARENTAL ACCEPTANCE-REJECTION AND PARENTAL CONTROL Rohner, Ronald P., and Evelyn C. Rohner. 1982. ETHNOLOGY 20:245-260. STDS19.DAT Vars. 481-504 STDS20.DAT Vars. 505-528 ADOLESCENT INITIATION CEREMONIES Schlegel, Alice, and Herbert Barry, III. 1979. Adolescent Initiation Ceremonies. ETHNOLOGY 18:199-210. STDS21.DAT Vars. 529-560 REPRODUCTIVE RITUALS Paige, Karen Paige and Jeffrey Paige. 1981. THE POLITICS OF REPRODUCTIVE RITUALS. University of California Press. Reprinted with Permission of Authors and Publishers. STDS22.DAT Vars. 561-575 THE RELATIVE STATUS OF WOMEN Whyte, Martin K. 1978. ETHNOLOGY 17:211-237. Only the odd numbered societies are coded in this study. STDS22.DAT Vars. 576-615 STDS23.DAT Vars. 616-636 Some of the even numbered societies in file 22 were coded by undergraduates at U.C. Irvine. Many of these even-numbered societal codes are less reliable than the original codes, and it is advised that a sample of odd-numbered cases be selected for hypothesis testing. A new variable, "sample," has been added in the first column of this study. If the sample variable is used as a layer (control) variable in cross-tabs, the comparison of the students' versus Whyte's codes can be a useful check for sources of bias in codings because of naïve inference. KIN TERM PATTERNS Murdock, George P. 1970. ETHNOLOGY 9:165-207. STDS25.DAT Vars. 637-644 (not including 645-656) CULTURAL THEORIES OF ILLNESS George P. Murdock and Suzanne Wilson. 1978. ETHNOLOGY 17:449-470. STDS25.DAT Vars. 645-656 (not including 637-644) FEMALE POWER AND MALE DOMINANCE Sanday, Peggy. 1981. FEMALE POWER AND MALE DOMINANCE: ON THE ORIGINS OF SEXUAL INEQUALITY. New York: Cambridge University Press. Codes previously unpublished. STDS26.DAT Vars. 657-679 FEMALE STATUS: INDEPENDENT VARIABLES Whyte, Martin K. 1978. THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN PREINDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. Princeton University Press. Previously Unpublished. STDS27.DAT Vars. 680-709 STDS28.DAT Vars. 710-738 Only the odd numbered societies are coded in this study. HUSBAND-WIFE RELATIONSHIPS Broude, Gwen, and Sarah J. Greene. 1983. ETHNOLOGY 22:263-280. STDS29.DAT Vars. 739-755 POLITICAL DECISION MAKING AND CONFLICT Marc Ross, 1983. Political Decision Making and Conflict: Additional Cross-Cultural Codes and Scales. Ethnology 22: 169-192. STDS30.DAT Vars. 756-797 DATA QUALITY CONTROL VARIABLES FOR CHILD TRAINING Ronald P. Rohner, D. Scott Berg, and Evelyn C. Rohner. 1982. Data Quality Control in the Standard Sample: Cross-Cultural Codes. Ethnology 21: 359-372. STDS31.DAT Vars. 798-813 The references used for coding the sample were derived from Barry and Paxson's (1971) research on infancy and childhood. SEXUAL DIVISION OF LABOR REVISITED Herbert Barry III and Alice Schlegel. 1982. Cross-Cultural Codes on Contributions by Women to Subsistence. Ethnology 21: 165-188. STDS32.DAT Vars. 814-826 ADOLESCENT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR Herbert Barry, III, and Alice Schlegel. 1984. Measurements of Adolescent Sexual Behavior in the Standard Sample of Societies. Ethnology 23: 315-332. STDS33.DAT Vars. 827-832 STANDARD CROSS-CULTURAL SAMPLE George P. Murdock and Douglas R. White. 1969. Standard Cross-Cultural Sample. Ethnology 8: 329-369. STDS34.DAT Vars. 833-844 LANGUAGE PHYLUM AND FAMILY MEMBERSHIP Michael L. Burton, Douglas R. White, John W. M. Whiting John Sodergren, Cecil Brown. New Codes, revised from the Ethnographic Atlas. STDS35.DAT Vars. 851-853 CLIMATE AND SUBSISTENCE Douglas R. White, John W. M. Whiting, and Michael L. Burton. 1986. New Codes. STDS36.DAT Vars. 854-859 POLYGYNY: FORM AND FREQUENCY Douglas R. White (project begin in collaboration with Michael L. Burton, and John W. M. Whiting). New Codes. STDS37.DAT Vars. 860-878 MAGICO-RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS Michael J. Winkelman and Douglas R. White. 1987. A cross-cultural study of magico-religious practitioners and trance states: database. HRAF: Cross-Cultural Data Series. Photocopied & disk. Michael J. Winkelman. 1992. Shamans, Priests and Witches: A Cross-Cultural Study of Magico-Religious Practitioners. Arizona State University: Anthropological Research Papers, Vol 44. STDS38.DAT Vars. 878-884 Samples every 4th society in the Standard Sample (1, 5, 9, ...), but societies 9 and 185 have insufficient data to code; 2 added FEMALE CONTRIBUTION TO SUBSISTENCE Douglas R. White. Scales constructed from existing codes. STDS39.DAT Vars. 885-890 THE NATURE OF WARFARE Valerie Wheeler [Nammour], l974. Drums and Guns: A Cross-Cultural Study of the Nature of War. Ph. D. Dissertation, University of Oregon. Datafile: STDS40.DAT Vars. 891-916. Warfare SLAVERY AND SOCIAL DEATH Orlando Patterson. 1982. Slavery and Social Death: A Comparative Study. Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press. Datafile: STDS41.DAT Vars. 917-920. Slavery Definitions: Patterson defines slaveholding as "permanent dominant violation of natally alienated and generally dishonored persons." This excludes non-hereditary slavery, and thus does not include what Murdock (1967: 166) classifies as incipient slavery. His focus is on slaveholding societies, and excludes societies largely composed of former slaves. For the most part these are historical periods in which slaveholding is present by Patterson's definition, and they contain the standard sample pinpointing date. However, Patterson is careful about his dates and his selective use of discrepancies from the standard sample temporal pinpointing should be carefully noted. In the following cases, judging from those with large scale slaveholding, Patterson shifts to an earlier date when the slave system was operative or recently ceased. The focal period for the presence of slaveholding in these cases is usually fifty years (in one case 100 years, in another 200) prior to the standard sample focal date. Largescale STDS Patterson Slaveholding Foci Foci Era 20 Mende 1945 Early 1900s Late 19th C. 21 Wolof 1950 Late 1800s-early 1900s 1300-1900 25 Wodaabe Fulani 1951 Late 1800s-early 1900s 1750-1900 27 Massa 1910 Late 1800s 1600-1800s 30 Otoro Nuba 1930 Late 1800s-early 1900s None 40 Teda 1950 Early 1900's None 85 Iban 1950 Early 1900's None 112 Ifugao 1910 Early 1800's None 116 Koreans 1947 Late 1800s 660-1700s 159 Goajiro 1947 Early 1900's None However, in the following cases with large scale slaveholding at an earlier date the pinpointing focus was not shifted, apparently because the Standard Sample focal groups were not slaveholders but formed either part of the slave population, or were peripheral to the slaveholding system: Largescale STDS Patterson Slaveholding Foci Foci Era 17 Ibo 1935 1900-1935 18th & 19th C's 22 Bambara 1902 1800-1910 1464-1720 24 Songhai 1940 1464-1720 26 Hausa 1900 late 1800s-early 1900s 1600-1800 165 Saramacca 1928 1790-1862 The only other date discrepancy is for following: 38 Bogo 1855 Early 1900's No data Entries for slaveholding should be considered for the following: 37 Amhara 1953 "Traditional" Yes AGRICULTURAL POTENTIALS Source: Frederic L. Pryor, 1986. The Adoption of Agriculture: Some Theoretical and Empirical Evidence. American Anthropologist 88:894-897. Datafile: STDS42.DAT Vars. 921-930. Agricultural Potentials The evaluations of data quality were made by the author, who notes that such judgements are highly subjective. VARIETIES OF SEXUAL EXPERIENCE Suzanne G. Frayser. 1985. Varieties of Sexual Experience. HRAF Press. STDS43.DAT vars 931-950 STDS44.DAT vars 951-970 STDS45.DAT vars 971-985 Note: In this dataset, 0's for some information, but insufficient to code are not as yet distinguished from .'s for no information or not coded. For several of the codes [931, 932, 941, 951, 958, 969, 975, 978, 979] the original source should be consulted as these are originally rankings of multiple factors and only the highest ranked item is coded here ENCULTURATIVE CONTINUITY AND IMPORTANCE OF CARETAKERS Ronald P. Rohner and Evelyn C. Rohner, l982, BEHAVIOR SCIENCE RESEARCH STDS46.DAT Vars. 986-1005 This and subsequent contributions are provided by arrangement with editors of the journal BEHAVIOR SCIENCE RESEARCH STDS47.DAT Vars. 1006-1066 Finished Variable Codebook Filename: SYSEC.COD Diskette: Worldsys STDS48.DAT Vars. 1067-1071 Finished Variable Codebook Filename: RENTAX Diskette: Worldsys Data from "A Cross-Cultural Historical Analysis of Subsistence Change" by Candice Bradley, Carmella C. Moore, Michael L. Burton, and Douglas R. White. 1990. American Anthropologist, 92:2:447-457 (June 1990). "Reproduced by permission of the American Anthropological Association from AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST 92:2, June 1990. Not for further reproduction." This project was funded by NSF grant BNS-83-04782 to Michael Burton and Douglas White and by NSF grant BNS-85-07685 to Douglas White and Michael Burton. STDS49.DAT Vars. 1072 - 1085 STDS50.DAT Vars. 1086-1112 Finished Variable Codebook Filename: TURB.COD Diskette: Worldsys STDS51.DAT Vars. 1113-1114 FRONTIER CHARACTERISTICS STDS52.DAT Vars. 1115 Finished Variable Codebook Filename: CONTACT Diskette: Worldsys STATE ORGANIZATION George Peter Murdock, 1957. World Ethnographic Sample. American Anthropologist 59: 664-687. STDS55.DAT Variable 1132 1132. POLITICAL INTEGRATION (WES COL 15; EA VAR 89) DESPOTISM AND HAREM SIZE Laura Betzig. 1986. Despotism and Differential Reproduction: A Darwinian View of History. New York: Aldine. Introductions and explanations of the variables by the author were published in World Cultures, 1988, Volume 4, Number 4. Reprinted with permission of the author and Aldine Publishing Company. (c) 1986 Aldine Publishing Company. STDS56.DAT Vars. Vars. 1133 - 1135 DIVORCE Laura Betzig. 1989. Causes of Conjugal Dissolution: A Cross-Cultural Study. Current Anthropology 30: 654-676. Reprinted with permission of the author and the Editor of Current Anthropology. STDS57.DAT Vars. 1136-1163 deal with causes listed under Infidelity (III), Infertility (IV), Personality (V), and Economics (VI) STDS58.DAT Vars. deals with causes listed under Conflicts with In-Laws (VII), Ritual (VIII), Absence or Desertion (IX), Health (X), and Politics (XI) RAPE Patricia D. Roze-Koker. 1987. Cross-Cultural Codes on Seven Types of Rape Behavior Science Research 21: 101-117. STDS59.DAT Vars. Vars. 1179-1187 use the following definitions, designed to clarify instances of rape that would be "hidden" by Western or male-oriented definitions of rape. By these definitions, all of the societies in the sample coded had one or more types of rape - Rape: Genital contact that is unchosen by the woman, as indicated by one or more of (a) statement that female is given no choice in the matter, (b) use or threat of force or coercion, (c) presence of multiple males with one (or few) females, (d) contact is described as physically painful, or would be thought to be so, or when the contact has consequences which would indicate painfulcontact, such as loss of consciousness or death, (e) when nonparticipation would result in some form of punishment or other negative outcomes . = Missing data or genital contact by uncertain as to whether the female lacked choice, or no description of one or more of the following: sex offenses, sexual deviance, sexuality, marital relations, and ceremonies 0 = Absent if lack of choice but no genital contact, or contact that is chosen or consented to by the female. Inferred if unchosen genital contact is not mentioned but there is a description of sex offenses, sexual deviance, sexuality, marital relations and ceremonies 1 = Present if (1) a female experiences genital contact (includes buttocks) from a male using penis, fingers, or objects, and (2) such contact involves a lack of choice on the part of the female EVIL EYE John M. Roberts, 1976. Belief in the Evil Eye in World Perspective. In Clarence Maloney, ed. The Evil Eye. Columbia University Press. pp. 223- 278. Copyright c.(1976) Columbia University Press, New York. Used by permission. STDS60.DAT Vars. 1188 - 1189 KIN AVOIDANCE Douglas R. White. n.d. Kinship Avoidance. Codes compiled and recoded from unpublished kinship sheets by G. P. Murdock. STDS61.DAT Vars. 1190 - 1225 KIN BEHAVIORS George P. Murdock. Cross-Sex Kinship Behavior. Ethnology. ?? STDS62.DAT Variables 1126 - 1237 MARRIAGE TRANSACTIONS Alice Schlegel and Rohn Eloul. 1987 A New Coding of Marriage Transactions. Behavior Science Research 21: 118-140. STDS63B.COD FEMALE BEAUTY AND ADOLESCENT SEXUALITY CODES Judith L. Anderson, Charles B. Crawford, Joanne Nadeau, and Tracy Lindberg. 1992 Was the Duchess of Windsor Right? A Cross-Cultural Review of the Socioecology of Ideals of Female Body Shape. ETHOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY 13:197- 227. STDS63.DAT Vars. 1248-1252 sexuality PATHOGEN STRESS CROSS-CULTURALLY: CODES Bobbi S. Low. 1988. Pathogen Stress and Polygyny in Humans. In, HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR: A DARWINIAN PERSPECTIVE. (L. Betzig, M. Borgerhoff Mulder, and P. Turke, eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. 115-127. The odd-numbered SCCS societies were originally in this article. The STDS64.DAT Vars. 1253-1260 contain scores the full sample. STDS64.DAT Vars. 1253-1260 Disease STARVATION AND FAMINE AMONG SCCS SOCIETIES: CODES Robert Dirks. 1993. Starvation and Famine: Cross-Cultural and Some Hypothesis Tests. CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH 27:28-69. Vars. 1261 to 1269 were published in this article. STDS65.DAT contains some scores that were reported as missing in the article. The scale for recurrence of famine (Variable 1269) is revised and does not match the scale in the article. Variable 1270 was previously unpublished. STDS65.DAT Vars. 1261-1270 Hunger and Famine 1 12 SCCS Codebooks, Volume I Page SN society names and dates SN.cod 81 1238,-1247 White & Murdock