SUBSISTENCE ECONOMY AND SUPPORTIVE PRACTICES George P. Murdock and Diana O. Morrow. 1970. Subsistence Economy and Supportive Practices: Cross-Cultural Codes 1. ETHNOLOGY 9:302-330. Compiled with permission of Ethnology journal editors. STDS01.DAT Vars. 1- 22 subsistence 1. INTERCOMMUNITY TRADE AS FOOD SOURCE ..Comment: here are the frequencies, code, and label headings for this variable # of Code Descriptive Cases # = Label --- - ----- 3 . = (dot) Missing Data 7 1 = No Trade 51 2 = Food Imports absent although trade present Food Imports present, and contribute: 4 3 = Salt or Minerals only 81 4 = < 10% of food (90% form local extractive sources) 38 5 = < 50% of food, and less than any single local source - 6 = < 50% of food, and more than any single local source 2 7 = > 50% of food 2. FOOD IMPORT ACQUISITION 62 . = Missing Data 49 1 = Direct individual exchanges 10 2 = Indirect individual exchanges 28 3 = Local markets 34 4 = Middlemen 3 5 = Three or four of above 3. AGRICULTURE- CONTRIBUTION TO LOCAL FOOD SUPPLY . 35 1 = None 3 2 = Non-food Crops 17 3 = < 10% 12 4 = < 50%, and less than any other single source, incl. trade 42 5 = < 50%, and more than any other single source, incl. trade 77 6 = Primarily agricultural 4. CROPS- PRINCIPAL 36 . = Missing Data 2 1 = Non-food - 2 = Vegetables 14 3 = Tree or Vine 38 4 = Roots 96 5 = Cereals 5. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY- CONTRIBUTION TO FOOD SUPPLY . 8 1 = None 41 2 = Present, not food source 67 3 = < 10% food supply 33 4 = < 50% - chiefly meat 21 5 = < 50% - chiefly dairy - 6 = < 50% - chiefly honey 16 7 = > 50% 6. ANIMALS- DOMESTICATED 8 . = Missing Data 54 1 = Small Species, e.g. Bees, Cats, Dogs, Fowl 34 2 = Pigs 23 3 = Ovides 14 4 = Equines 3 5 = Reindeer 4 6 = Camel,llama 46 7 = Bovines 7. FISHING- CONTRIBUTION TO FOOD SUPPLY 2 . = Missing Data 27 1 = None 79 2 = < 10% food supply 55 3 = < 50%, and less than any other single source, incl. trade 10 4 = < 50%, and more than any other single source, incl. trade 13 5 = > 50% 8. FISH 29 . = Missing Data 6 1 = Shellfish 122 2 = True fish 1 3 = Large aquatic animals 28 4 = Two or more of above 9. HUNTING- CONTRIBUTION TO FOOD SUPPLY 4 . = Missing Data 18 1 = None 3 2 = Not food source 85 3 = < 10% food supply 61 4 = < 50%, and less than any other single source, incl. trade 8 5 = < 50%, and more than any other single source, incl. trade 7 6 = > 50% 10. ANIMALS HUNTED 23 . = Missing Data 18 1 = Birds or Waterfowl 35 2 = Small Mammals 65 3 = Large Game 45 4 = Two or more of above 11. GATHERING- CONTRIBUTION TO FOOD SUPPLY 4 . = Missing Data 16 1 = None 116 2 = < 10% food supply 40 3 = < 50%, and less than any other single source, incl. trade 7 4 = < 50%, and more than any other single source, incl. trade 3 5 = > 50% 12. GATHERED FOODS 21 . = Missing Data 18 1 = Wild Animal products 15 2 = Wild Herbs, Leaves, Blossoms 7 3 = Tree Pith, e.g., Sago 11 4 = Wild Roots or Tubers 54 5 = Wild Fruit, seeds, nuts, berries 60 6 = Two or more of the above 13. LAND TRANSPORT (especially regarding food transport) 1 . = Missing Data 108 1 = Human Carriers, incl. tumpline 41 2 = Pack Animals 13 3 = Draft Animals (sleds, travois) 12 4 = Animal Drawn Wheeled vehicles 11 5 = Motorized vehicles 14. ROUTES OF LAND TRANSPORT 5 . = Missing Data 124 1 = Unimproved Trails 26 2 = Improved Trails, for porters or animal carriers 22 3 = Unpaved Roads, for wheeled vehicles 9 4 = Paved Roads 15. WATER TRANSPORT 5 . = Missing Data 20 1 = None, but feasible note: 1 & 2 should be reversed 56 2 = Not feasible 10 3 = Floats or rafts 73 4 = Human powered craft 20 5 = Sail powered craft 2 6 = Motorized craft 16. WATER CRAFT 91 0 = None 50 1 = Small, for <10 people or load equivalent 31 2 = Medium, for >10 people or load equivalent 14 3 = Large, for >40 people or load equivalent 17. MONEY (MEDIA OF EXCHANGE) AND CREDIT 3 . = Missing Data 77 1 = No media of exchange or money 12 2 = Domestically usable articles as media of exchange 26 3 = Tokens of conventional value as media of exchange 42 4 = Foreign coinage or paper currency 26 5 = Indigenous coinage or paper currency 18. CREDIT SOURCE 17 . = Missing Data 113 1 = Personal loans between friends or relatives 26 2 = Internal money lending specialists 23 3 = External money lending specialists 7 5 = Banks or comparable institutions 19. PRESERVATION AND STORAGE OF FOOD . 31A 1 = Year-round food supply, none 29B 2 = Year-round food supply, simple 14C 3 = Year-round food supply, complex 8E 4 = Daily variation, none 2F 5 = Daily variation, simple -G 6 = Daily variation, complex 24I 7 = Seasonal variation, barely adequate 46J 8 = Seasonal variation, adequate 16K 9 = Seasonal variation, surplus 6L 10 = Annual variation, barely adequate 5M 11 = Annual variation, adequate 3N 12 = Annual variation, surplus 2O 13 = Imported food, barely adequate -P 14 = Imported food, adequate Note: Remove Letters 20. FOOD STORAGE 4 . = Missing Data 36 1 = None 129 2 = Individual households 7 3 = Communal facilities 3 4 = Political agent controlled repositories 7 5 = Economic agent controlled repositories 21. FOOD SURPLUS VIA STORAGE . 69 1 = None or barely adequate 84 2 = Simple or adequate 33 3 = Complex or More than adequate 22. FOOD SUPPLY (ECOLOGICAL OR DISTRIBUTION NETWORK) . 74 1 = Year-round food supply locally 10 2 = Daily variation in food supply 86 3 = Seasonal variation 14 4 = Annual variation 2 5 = Imported food supply