Cultural Diversity Database - key 180 variables to 1987 from SCCS, Douglas R. White World Cultures 3#2
 Where N=(sample size coded) is given the sample size is often insufficient 
 Var  SCCSvar Study     TITLE OF VARIABLE	  
   52	13	1	Land Transport (especially regarding food )		
   53	15	1	Water Transport 		
   35	17	1	Money (media of exchange) and Credit 		
   37	18	1	Credit Source 		
   25	21	1	Food Surplus via Storage 		
   26	22	1	Food Supply (ecological or distribution network)		
   54	23	2	Sleeping Proximity of Parents to Infant 		
   150	28	2	Infant Carrying Devices 		
   156	33	2	Childhood Pain Infliction 		
   149	34	2	Post - Partum Sex Taboo 		
   159	38	2	Introduction of New Foods (N=91)	
   160	39	2	Weaning - Age and Severity 		
   163	41	2	Autonomy- Encouragement in Childhood 		
   164	43	2	Covering Genitals- Age 		
   151	53	2	Role of Father in Infancy 		
   152	59	2	General Indulgence, Early Childhood    		
   29	61	3	Fixity of Settlement 		
   30	62	3	Compactness of Settlement 		
   97	63	3	Community Size 		
   10	64	3	Population Density 		
   28	65	3	Types of Dwelling 		
   27	66	3	Large or Impressive Structures 		
   85	67	3	Household Form 		
   94	70	3	Descent - Membership in Corporate Kin Groups 		
   95	71	3	Descent Groups, Location of Core Gender Group    		
   105	72	3	Intercommunity Marriage 		
   136	74	3	Prominent Community Ceremonials 		
   137	75	3	Ceremonial Elements 		
   99	76	3	Community Leadership		
   100	77	3	Local Political Succession		
   86	80	3	Family Type 		
   107	83	4	Levels of Sovereignty 		
   108	85	4	Political Executive		
   111	89	4	Type of Judiciary		
   103	90	4	Police		
   49	153	5	Technological Specialization 		
   15	149	6	Writing and Records 		
   70	158	6	Social Stratification 		
   139	160	7	Sex Frequency in Marriage (N=66)		
   142	169	7	Extramarital Sex 		
   143	177	7	Frequency of Homosexuality (N=69)		
   5	190	8	Daily Min Coldest Month 		
   6	196	8	Dry Months 		
   4	200	9	Region		
   17	203	9	Gathering:        % Dependence 		
   18	204	9	Hunting:          % Dependence 		
   19	205	9	Fishing:          % Dependence 		
   20	206	9	Animal husbandry: % Dependence 		
   21	207	9	Agriculture       % Dependence 		
   76	208	9	Mode of Marriage (e.g., wealth and exchanges)   		
   84	215	9	Marital Residence with Kin:  After First Years 		
   98	219	9	Community Marriage Organization 		
   74	227	9	Number of Cousin Marriages (Allowed)		
   75	228	9	Number of Cousin Marriages (Preferred)		
   92	231	9	Kin Terms for Cousins 		
   23	233	9	Major Crop Type 		
   134	238	9	High gods 		
   56	239	9	Games:Strategy, Chance, Physical Skill   		
   169	241	9	Male Genital Mutilations 		
   170	242	9	Segregation of Adolescent Boys 		
   24	243	9	Animals and Plow Cultivation 		
   22	244	9	Type of Animal Husbandry 		
   38	250	9	Weaving -            Gender Division 		
   39	252	9	Leather Working -    Gender Division 		
   40	254	9	Pottery Making -     Gender Division 		
   41	256	9	Boat Building -      Gender Division 		
   42	258	9	House Construction - Gender Division 		
   43	260	9	Gathering -          Gender Division 		
   44	262	9	Hunting -            Gender Division 		
   45	264	9	Fishing -            Gender Division 		
   46	266	9	Animal Husbandry -   Gender Division 		
   47	268	9	Agriculture -        Gender Division 		
   69	272	9	Caste Stratification (endogamy) 		
   71	274	9	Type of Slavery 		
   33	278	9	Inheritance Rule for Real Property 		
   34	279	9	Inheritance Distribution for Real Property 		
   140	282	9	Norms of Premarital Sex Behavior of Girls 		
   154	292	9	Duration of Early Childhood  (N=66) 		
   162	301	10	Aggression: Girls, Late Childhood    		
   165	324	10	Obedience: Boys,  Late Childhood    		
   166	325	10	Obedience: Girls, Late Childhood    		
   167	427	11	Guidance or Formal Schooling: Boys, Late Childhood    		
   168	428	11	Guidance or Formal Schooling: Girls, Late Childhood    		
   157	471	11	Parental Affection:  Boys,  late childhood    		
   158	472	11	Parental Affection:  Girls,  late childhood    				
   161	300	13	Aggression: Boys,  Late Childhood  
   171	529	13	Occurrence of initiations: Boys 		
   173	530	13	Occurrence of initiations: Girls 		
   146	563	14	Maternal Restrictions (N=93)		
   147	564	14	Husband (childbirth) Involvement Scale (Couvade)		
   57	566	14	Male Segregation Practices (N=82) 		
   81	568	14	Compensation Demands (N=70)	
   96	569	14	Fraternal Interest Group Size: Largest Corporate Kin Political Unit  (N=84)
                15      **STUDY 15 CODES ONLY HALF THE SAMPLE**
   135	576	15	Sex of Gods and Spirits and Other Super-Natural Beings  (N=67)
   124	578	15	Sex of Shamans (N=73)
   123	579	15	Sex of Reputed Witches  (N=)
   131	581	15	Funeral or Burial Ceremonies Held  (N=68)
   50	587	15	Community-wide Exclusively Male Work Groups (N=72)	
   51	588	15	Community-wide Exclusively Female Work Groups (N=72) 		
   32	591	15	Ownership or Control of the Use of Dwellings (N=72)		
   138	602	15	An Explicit View that Sexual Activity is Dangerous or Contaminating (N=68)		
   77	603	15	Role of the Older Generation in Arranging Marriages (N=68) 		
   78	604	15	Voice of the Potential Bride and Groom in Marriage Decisions (N=8-) 		
   153	614	15	Final Authority over the Up-bringing and Discipline (N=68) 		
   87	615	15	Wife to Husband Institutionalized Deference (N=84) 		
   155	616	15	A Stated Preference for Children of One Sex (N=93) 		
   172	623	15	Existence of General Female Initiation Ceremonies (N=76) 		
   58	626	15	Belief that Women are Generally Inferior to Men (N=93)	
   93	643	16	Patterns for Cross-Cousins		
   119	652	17	Theories of Mystical Retribution 		
   120	654	17	Theories of Spirit Aggression 		
   121	655	17	Theories of Sorcery 		
   122	656	17	Theories of Witchcraft 		
   59	661	18	Female Political Participation, at least informal influence    		
   60	662	18	Female Solidarity Groups, formal or informal    		
   61	663	18	Female Power Guttman Scale 		
   62	664	18	Ideology of Male Toughness 		
   73	666	18	Moderate or Frequent Interpersonal Violence 		
   144	667	18	Rape incidents or part of ceremony, punishment   		
   63	669	18	Male Aggression Guttman Scale 		
   145	671	18	Menstrual Taboos 		
   133	676	18	Male/Female Creation Stories 		
   11	677	18	Migration		
   9	678	18	Food Stress or Hunger   		
   174	694	19	Male Initiation Ceremonies - Guttman Scale 		
   64	695	19	Male Solidarity - Guttman Scale 		
   31	704	19	Private Property 		
   132	713	19	Preclassical/Classical Religion
   79	739	20	Marriage Arrangements (male)
   80	740	20	Marriage Arrangements (Female)	
   83	741	20	Widow Remarriage:  Choice of Partner 
   82	744	20	Frequency of Divorce 
   148	755	20	Husband Attends Birth 		
   101	759	21	Perceptions of Political Leaders' Power as seen by Society 		
   102	764	21	Decision Making Bodies: How most decisions are made		
   109	765	21	Range of Community Decision Making (Pol Partic)		
   104	769	21	Conflict Management in Local Community		
   12	783	21	Acceptability of Violence toward people in Other Societies		
   110	785	21	Local Political Fission of Dissatisfied Persons 		
   106	788	21	Cross-Cutting Ties (see main codebook)		
   65	793	21	Female Participation in Public Political Arenas, Relative to Males    		
   66	794	21	Female Participation in Private Political Arenas, Relative to Males   		
   67	795	21	Gender differences in Political or Quasi-Political Positions of Authority'		
   68	796	21	Separate Female Organizations and Positions 		
   3	802	22	Months of Fieldwork 		
   2	812	22	Ethnographer's Language Familiarity 		
   36	819	23	Trade		
   141	827	24	Sexual Expression in Adolescent Girls 		
   141.5	828	24	Sexual Expression in Adolescent Boys 		
   175	831	24	Differentiation of Adolescence from Childhood for Boys 		
   176	832	24	Differentiation of Adolescence from Childhood for Girls 		
   1	840	25	Decade		
   13	851	26	Language Continent 		
   14	852	26	Language Phylum 		
   7	857	27	Climate Type		
   16	858	27	Subsistence Type - Ecological Classification 		
   16.5	859	27	Resource Base - Reclassification of above 		
   88	860	28	Cultural Basis of Polygyny 		
   89	862	28	Sororal Polygyny 		
   90	863	28	Distance between Co-Wives 		
   55	864	28	Rooming Arrangement for Wives 		
   91	872	28	Percentage of Married Women Polygynously Married 		
   125	879	29	Shaman		Practitioner
   126	880	29	Shaman/Header 	Practitioner
   127	881	29	Healer		Practitioner
   128	882	29	Medium		Practitioner
   129	883	29	Sorcerer/Witch 	Attributed
   130	884	29	Priest		
   48	890	30	Female Contribution to Subsistence		
   113	891	31	Frequency of Internal War 		
   114	892	31	Frequency of External War - Attacking		
   115	893	31	Frequency of External War - Being Attacked		
   116	900	31	Military Expectations II :Subjugation of others		
   112	903	31	Prestige associated with being a Soldier or Warrior 		
   118	908	31	Military Success in the long run		
   117	912	31	Plunder (including captives for slaves, hostages, adoption)   		
   71.5	918	32	Manumission of Slaves 		
   72	919	32	Large Scale Slaveholding Systems: Recency 		
   8	921	33	Agricultural Potential 		
   0	1000	38	Millenium		
   185	1000	38	Millenium