Both children and the aged help in fishing
Children help in fishing, but the aged do not
Neither children nor the aged help in fishing
No extraction of animals from water is practiced
The aged help in fishing, but children do not

Fishing is done by male task groups whose members are predominantly kin-related
Fishing is done by task groups whose members, male or female, are not necessarily related, and if related, are neither predominantly affines or kin
Fishing is not done by task-groups
No fishing

No fishing is practiced, or there is no specialization in tasks
No specialization of fishing or sea-mammal hunting other than that which is based on sex
Select people who possess either special skills or supernatural power, or both, specialize in fishing, if only as leaders or directors of the tasks

Both children and the aged help in agriculture
Children help in agriculture, but the aged do not
Neither children nor the aged help in agriculture
No agriculture is practiced

No agricultural specialization other than that which is based on sex
No agriculture, or there is no specialization in tasks
Select people who possess either special skills or supernatural power, or both, specialize in agriculture, if only as leaders or directors of the tasks

Agriculture is done by male task groups whose members are predominantly kin-related
Agriculture is done by task groups whose members, male or female, are not necessarily related, and if related, are neither predominantly affines or kin
Agriculture is not done by task-groups
No agriculture

2, 3, and 4 obtain, none clearly predominates
Both 2 and 3 obtain, neither clearly predominates
Both 2 and 4 obtain, neither clearly predominates
Food and/or chattels are predominantly distributed on a balanced or equal basis, i.e., donors and recipients reverse roles on a fairly equal basis and contribute and receive food and/or chattels more or less equally
Food and/or chattels are predominantly distributed on a negative basis, i.e., some people possess or have access to much more food and/or many more chattels than other people. A pattern obtains where the possessors of plenty provide for the needy as the exigencies dictate; but the needy recipients, in turn, pay back a greater quantity of food and/or chattels to the original donor than they received (The return payment may be deferred for a season or more