FEMALE STATUS: INDEPENDENT VARIABLES PART 2 Whyte, Martin K. 1978. THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN PREINDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. Princeton University Press. Previously Unpublished codes provided by the author. STDS28.DAT Variables 710-738 710. Social Stratification in the Local Community 93 . = Missing data 29 1 = Lack of significant stratification among free men 36 2 = Differences in wealth and control, but not crystallized into distinct and hereditary social classes 8 3 = Dual stratification into hereditary elites and commoners 18 4 = Complex stratification into three or more classes/castes 711. Societal Complexity (Guttman Scale - Freeman and Winch 1957) 93 . = Missing data 37 1 = Absence of all traits in scale 13 2 = Crimes punished by government (704) 9 3 = Full-time specialized priests 1 4 = Formal education 8 5 = Written language 25 6 = Full-time bureaucrats (705) (scalability .643, a shade below accepted minimum of .65) 712. Institutionalized Envy (scaled by unweighted sum for presence or absence of four correlated indicators -- (a) men imitate women, (b) women imitate men, and (c) exclusive mother-infant sleeping, and (3) exclusive mother-child sleeping). Constructed arithmetically from means and cutting points. 100 . = Missing data 13 1 = No items present 14 2 = One or two item present 59 3 = Three of four items present Classical Religion 713. Religion 93 . = Missing data 14 1 = Classical religion (Xianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism) 31 2 = Mixture of classical and preclassical 48 3 = Preclassical Female Shortage 714. Sex Ratio 96 . = Missing data 10 1 = Female excess 60 2 = Roughly equal 20 3 = Male excess * WARNING: Probably subject to errors in ethnographic reporting 715. Systematic Absences of Married Males (Military service, Labor elsewhere, Extended trade expeditions, etc.) 94 . = Missing data 38 1 = No systematic absences 2 = Systematic absences -- not presently, but within 6 memory of present adults 48 3 = Systematic absences common presently Quality Control Variables 716. Sex of Coders 93 . = Missing data 12 1 = Both male 43 2 = Male and female 38 3 = Both female 717. Number of Sources Consulted 93 . = Missing data 11 1 = One 23 2 = Two 27 3 = Three 21 4 = Four or five 11 5 = Six to nine 718. Number of Authorities Consulted 93 . = Missing data 27 1 = One 31 2 = Two 17 3 = Three 18 4 = Four to seven 719. Total Pages in Sources Consulted 93 . = Missing data 15 1 = Under 300 22 2 = 300-499 44 3 = 500-999 12 4 = Over 1000 720. Sex of Authorities 93 . = Missing data 66 1 = All males 23 2 = Mixed males and females 4 3 = All females 721. Nationality of Authorities 93 . = Missing data 28 1 = All Americans 28 2 = Some Americans 37 3 = None Americans 722. Occupation of Authorities 95 . = Missing data (or some or all unknown) 55 1 = No anthropologist 30 2 = Some anthropologists 6 3 = All anthropologists 723. Formal Fieldwork training of authorities 94 . = Missing data (or some or all unknown) 56 1 = All had some 29 2 = some had 7 3 = None had any 724. Knowledge of native language 99 . = Missing data (or some or all unknown) 52 1 = All knew it well 33 2 = Some knew it well 2 3 = None knew it well 725. Total periods of fieldwork 97 . = Missing data (or some or all unknown) 11 1 = One year or less 36 2 = One to three years 42 3 = More than three years 726. Anthropological Present 93 . = Missing data 8 1 = Before 1800 A.D. 34 2 = 1801-1900 40 3 = 1901-1950 11 4 = After 1950 A.D. 727. Importance of Agriculture in Subsistence, including gardening 728. Importance of Animal Husbandry in Subsistence 729. Importance of Fishing, Shellfishing and Marine Hunting 730. Importance of Hunting and Gathering in Subsistence 731. Importance of Handicrafts, Manufacturing 732. Importance of Trade in Subsistence 728 (raising domestic animals, using milk, eggs, etc. -- even if this involves only the raising of draft animals for use in agriculture) 731 (insofar as they contribute to subsistence, defined as supplying the overall needs for food, clothing, and shelter of the community) 732 (include trade conducted to gain needed subsistence items, not simply exchange of ceremonial items; measure of extent to which members of the community depend upon trading in order to acquire items needed for subsistence that they do not produce themselves) 727728729730731732 . = Missing data 93 93 93 93 93 93 1 = Dominant, the principal subsistence activity 43 6 4 12 0 0 2 = Co-dominant with one or more other categories 20 12 13 14 1 3 3 = Important, but not a major subsistence activity 6 32 26 28 42 33 4 = Present, but relatively unimportant 2 14 19 24 44 44 5 = Insignificant, sporadic, or absent 22 29 31 15 6 13 2 = Co-dominant, sharing position of principal subsistence activity with one or more other categories 4 = Present, but relatively unimportant as a subsistence activity 733. Contribution of the Sexes to Agriculture 734. Contribution of the Sexes to Animal Husbandry 735. Contribution of the Sexes to Fishing, Shellfishing, and Marine Hunting 736. Contribution of the Sexes to Hunting and Gathering 737. Relative Contribution of the Sexes to Handicrafts and Manufacture 738. Relative Contribution of the Sexes to Trade 733 734 735 736 737 738 . = Missing data 93 93 93 93 93 93 1 = Male participation exclusively, or 6 12 25 10 4 16 female contribution negligible 2 = Male participation appreciably greater 18 17 18 19 21 15 3 = Equal participation 22 11 13 37 44 24 4 = Female participation appreciably greater 17 7 2 6 10 5 5 = Female participation exclusively, or 3 4 2 1 1 3 male contribution negligible 6 = Activity conducted solely by slaves or 27 42 33 20 13 30 members of servile classes, or does not apply, OR NO INFORMATION