Codebook for Murdock Ethnographic Atlas. code. Murdock Culture Region Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=1265 First six non-missing records: society code Kung Aa1 Herero Ab1 Swazi Ab2 Ila Ac1 Pende Ac2 Bajun Ad1 inea1. Is society present in the 863 society subsample published in 1967? Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=2 Freq Value Description 402 1 not in EA 863 2 in EA eanumber. Ethnographic Atlas society number Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=1265 Stat Value nobs 1265 mean 633.745 min 1 max 1267 sd 365.896 navn. Short Ethnographic Atlas society name Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=1265 First six non-missing records: society navn Kung KUNG Herero HERERO Swazi SWAZI Ila ILA Pende PENDE Bajun BAJUN eareg. Major Murdock Culture Region Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=6 Freq Value Description 414 A Africa 164 C Circum-Mediterranean 126 E East Eurasia 167 I Insular Pacific 285 N North America 109 S South America v1. Gathering Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1264; Number of unique values=9 Freq Value Description 705 0 0-5% Dependence 264 1 6-15% Dependence 111 2 16-25% Dependence 61 3 26-35% Dependence 48 4 36-45% Dependence 35 5 46-55% Dependence 31 6 56-65% Dependence 6 7 66-75% Dependence 3 8 76-85% Dependence 1 NA NA v2. Hunting Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1264; Number of unique values=10 Freq Value Description 380 0 0-5% Dependence 451 1 6-15% Dependence 174 2 16-25% Dependence 134 3 26-35% Dependence 68 4 36-45% Dependence 27 5 46-55% Dependence 12 6 56-65% Dependence 6 7 66-75% Dependence 9 8 76-85% Dependence 3 9 86-100% Dependence 1 NA NA v3. Fishing Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1264; Number of unique values=10 Freq Value Description 441 0 0-5% Dependence 338 1 6-15% Dependence 204 2 16-25% Dependence 106 3 26-35% Dependence 77 4 36-45% Dependence 56 5 46-55% Dependence 26 6 56-65% Dependence 8 7 66-75% Dependence 7 8 76-85% Dependence 1 9 86-100% Dependence 1 NA NA v4. Animal Husbandry Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1264; Number of unique values=10 Freq Value Description 426 0 0-5% Dependence 335 1 6-15% Dependence 226 2 16-25% Dependence 137 3 26-35% Dependence 55 4 36-45% Dependence 33 5 46-55% Dependence 13 6 56-65% Dependence 12 7 66-75% Dependence 15 8 76-85% Dependence 12 9 86-100% Dependence 1 NA NA v5. Agriculture Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1264; Number of unique values=10 Freq Value Description 248 0 0-5% Dependence 49 1 6-15% Dependence 34 2 16-25% Dependence 37 3 26-35% Dependence 93 4 36-45% Dependence 208 5 46-55% Dependence 292 6 56-65% Dependence 201 7 66-75% Dependence 86 8 76-85% Dependence 16 9 86-100% Dependence 1 NA NA v6. Mode of Marriage (Primary) Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1246; Number of unique values=7 Freq Value Description 646 1 Bride Price or wealth, to bride's family 123 2 Bride Service, to bride's family 68 3 Token bride price 62 4 Gift Exchange, reciprocal 39 5 Sister or female relative exchanged for bride 275 6 Absence of consideration 33 7 Dowry 19 NA NA v7. Mode of Marriage (Alternate) Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1246; Number of unique values=6 Freq Value Description 28 1 bride price or wealth, to bride's family 120 2 bride Service, to bride's family 31 3 Token bride price 14 5 Sister or female relative exchanged 25 7 Dowry, to bride from her family 1028 8 no alternate mode 19 NA NA v8. Domestic Organization Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1237; Number of unique values=8 Freq Value Description 98 1 Independent nuclear family, monogamous 263 2 Independent nuclear family, polygyny 3 3 Independent polyandrous families 58 4 Polygynous: unusual co-wives 222 5 Polygynous: usual co-wives 44 6 Minimal extended families 319 7 Small extended families 230 8 Large extended families 28 NA NA v9. Marital Composition: Monogamy and Polygamy Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1229; Number of unique values=7 Freq Value Description 185 1 Independent nuclear, monogamous 452 2 Independent nuclear, polygyny 69 3 Preferentially sororal, same dwelling 18 4 Preferentially sororal, separate dwellings 344 5 Non-sororal, separate dwellings 157 6 Non-sororal, same dwelling 4 7 Independent polyandrous families 36 NA NA v10. Marital Residence with Kin: First Years Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1241; Number of unique values=5 Freq Value Description 10 1 Ambilocal 11 2 Nonestablishment of common household 204 3 Uxrilocal 15 4 Virilocal 1001 9 Not different from later years 24 NA NA v11. Transfer of Residence at Marriage: After First Years Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1233; Number of unique values=3 Freq Value Description 879 1 Wife to husband's group 155 2 Couple to either group or neolocal 199 3 Husband to wife's group 32 NA NA v12. Marital Residence with Kin: After First Years Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1241; Number of unique values=10 Freq Value Description 55 1 Avunculocal 82 2 Ambilocal 5 3 Optionally uxorilocal or avunculocal 11 4 Optionally patrilocal 58 5 Matrilocal 61 6 Neolocal 8 7 No common residence 633 8 Patrilocal 82 9 Uxorilocal 246 10 Virilocal 24 NA NA v13. Marital Residence with Kin: Alternate Form Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1241; Number of unique values=5 Freq Value Description 92 1 Wife to husband's group 145 2 Couple to either group 225 3 Husband to wife's group 1 4 No common residence 778 9 No alternate form 24 NA NA v14. Transfer of Residence at Marriage: Alternate Form Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1241; Number of unique values=11 Freq Value Description 74 1 Avunculocal 6 2 Ambilocal 1 3 Optionally uxorilocal or avunculocal 3 4 Optionally patrilocal 1 5 Matrilocal 136 6 Neolocal 1 7 No common residence 8 8 Patrilocal 149 9 Uxorilocal 84 10 Virilocal 778 11 No alternate form 24 NA NA v15. Community Marriage Organization Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1077; Number of unique values=6 Freq Value Description 78 1 Demes, not segregated into clan barrios 258 2 Segmented comunities witout local exogamy 386 3 Agamous communities 115 4 Exogamous communities 9 5 Segmented communities 231 6 Clan communities, or clan barrios 188 NA NA v16. Community Marriage Organization Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1077; Number of unique values=3 Freq Value Description 188 1 Clan communities not segmented into clan barrios 43 2 Clan communities segmented into clan barrios 846 9 Other than clan communities 188 NA NA v17. Largest Patrilineal Kin Group Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1251; Number of unique values=6 Freq Value Description 578 1 None 1 2 Patrilineal exogamy 168 3 Lineages in single community 392 4 Sibs, i.e., lineages in multiple communities 62 5 Phratries, i.e., three or more maxmimally extended sibs 50 6 Moieties 14 NA NA v18. Largest Patrilineal Exogamous Group (If Different from Variable 17) Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1251; Number of unique values=4 Freq Value Description 87 3 Lineages in single community 24 4 Sibs, i.e., lineages in multiple communities 1 5 Phratries, i.e., three or more maximally extended sibs 1139 9 No different from variable 17, or Lo, Po, or So 14 NA NA v19. Largest Matrilineal Kin Group Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1251; Number of unique values=6 Freq Value Description 1028 1 None 13 2 Matrilineal exogamy 44 3 Lineages in single community 119 4 Sibs, i.e., lineages in multiple communities 17 5 Phratries, i.e., three or more maximally extended sibs 30 6 Moieties 14 NA NA v20. Largest Matrilineal Exogamous Group (If Different from Variable 17) Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1251; Number of unique values=3 Freq Value Description 29 3 Lineages in a single community 13 4 Sibs, i.e., Lineages in multiple community 1209 9 No different from variable 17, or Lo, Po, or So 14 NA NA v21. Largest Cognatic Kin Group Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1252; Number of unique values=7 Freq Value Description 279 1 Bilateral descent 108 2 Kindreds: ego-oriented bilateral kin groups 4 3 Ambilineal descent 39 4 Ramages: ancestor oriented 9 5 exogamous ramages 13 6 Quasi-lineages: filiation based 800 9 Unilineal descent groups 13 NA NA v22. Secondary Cognatic Kin Group: Kindreds and Ramages Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1252; Number of unique values=3 Freq Value Description 13 2 Kindreds: ego-oriented bilateral kin groups 3 4 Ramages: ancestor oriented ambilineal groups 1236 9 No secondary cognatic groups 13 NA NA v23. Cousin Marriages (Allowed) Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1022; Number of unique values=11 Freq Value Description 200 1 Duolateral: either MoBrDa or FaSiDa 1 2 Duolateral: either FaBrDa or FaSiDa 8 3 Duolateral: either MoBrDa or MoSiDa 44 6 Matrilineal cross-cousin: MoBrDa only 270 7 Nonlateral all first and second cousin barred 276 8 Nonlateral evidence only for first cousins 5 9 Patrilineal cross-cousin: FaSiDa only 117 10 Quadrilateral any first cousin allowed 12 11 Nonlateral: no first cousins, some second cousins 64 12 Nonlateral: no first cousins, all second cousins 25 13 Trilateral: any first cousin not 243 NA NA v24. Subtypes of Cousin Marriages Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1022; Number of unique values=8 Freq Value Description 117 1 All four cousins 25 2 three of four cousins 9 3 Two of four cousins 249 4 One of Four cousins 64 5 No first cousins, all second cousins 12 6 First and some second cousins excluded 276 7 No first, unknown for second 270 8 No first or second cousins 243 NA NA v25. Preferred rather than just Permitted Cousin Marriages Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1022; Number of unique values=15 Freq Value Description 81 1 Duolateral, symmetrical preference 38 2 Duolateral, matrilateral preference 13 3 Duolateral, patrilineal preference 2 4 Duolateral, with maternal cousins only, MoBrDa 27 5 Matrilineal cross-cousin, MoBrDa only 3 6 Patrilineal cross-cousin, FaSiDa only 44 7 Quadrilateral, FaSiDa preferred 7 8 Quadrilateral, symmetrical preference 4 9 Quadrilateral, matrilineal preference 7 10 Nonlateral, some second cousins 7 11 Nonlateral, all second cousins 4 12 Trilateral with bilateral preference 1 13 Trilateral with matrilateral preference 1 14 Trilateral with patrilateral preference 783 15 No preferred cousin marriages 243 NA NA v26. Subtypes of Cousin Marriages (Preferred rather than just Permitted) Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1022; Number of unique values=6 Freq Value Description 92 1 Symmetrical prefernce 72 2 MoBrDa preferred 17 3 FaSiDa preferred 44 4 FaBrDa preferred 14 5 A second cousin preferred 783 9 No preferred cousin marriage 243 NA NA v27. Kin Terms for Cousins Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=932; Number of unique values=8 Freq Value Description 58 1 crow 74 2 Descriptive 101 3 Eskimo 338 4 Hawaiian 257 5 Iroquois 78 6 Omaha 14 7 Sudanese 12 8 Mixed 333 NA NA v28. Intensity of Agriculture Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1162; Number of unique values=6 Freq Value Description 232 1 No agriculture 43 2 Casual agriculture 470 3 Extensive or shifting agriculture 98 4 Horticulture 193 5 Intensive agriculture 126 6 Intensive irrigated agriculture 103 NA NA v29. Major Crop Type Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1162; Number of unique values=6 Freq Value 241 1 2 2 3 3 80 4 232 5 604 6 103 NA v30. Settlement Patterns Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1161; Number of unique values=8 Freq Value Description 79 1 Nomadic or fully migratory 187 2 Seminomadic 93 3 Semisedentary 15 4 Compact but impermenant settlements 149 5 Neighborhoods of dispersed family homesteads 106 6 Separated hamlets, forming a single community 503 7 Compact and relatively permanent 29 8 Complex settlements 104 NA NA v31. Mean Size of Local Communities Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=585; Number of unique values=8 Freq Value Description 117 1 Fewer than 50 107 2 50-99 104 3 100-199 83 4 200-399 60 5 400-1000 16 6 1,000 without any town of more than 5,000 36 7 Towns of 5,000-50,000 (one or more) 62 8 Cities of more than 50,000 (one or more) 680 NA NA v32. Jurisdictional Hierarchy of Local Community Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1141; Number of unique values=3 Freq Value Description 355 1 Two levels 632 2 Three levels 154 3 Four levels 124 NA NA v33. Jurisdictional Hierarchy Beyond Local Community Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1129; Number of unique values=5 Freq Value Description 515 1 No levels 342 2 One levels 162 3 Two levels 83 4 Three levels 27 5 Four levels 136 NA NA v34. High Gods Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=748; Number of unique values=4 Freq Value Description 277 1 Absent or not reported 248 2 Not active in human affairs 42 3 Active in human affairs, not supportive of human morality 181 4 Supportive of human morality 517 NA NA v35. Games Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=463; Number of unique values=7 Freq Value Description 26 1 None of the three types 106 2 Physical skill only 2 3 Chance only 5 4 Strategy only 249 5 Skill and chance 29 6 Skill and strategy 46 8 All 802 NA NA v36. Post-partum Sex Taboos Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=358; Number of unique values=6 Freq Value Description 8 1 none 62 2 No longer than one month 120 3 1 to 6 months 38 4 6 months to 1 year 72 5 More than one to two years 58 6 Over two years 907 NA NA v37. Male Genital Mutilations Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1090; Number of unique values=10 Freq Value Description 723 1 Absent 12 2 Within two months after birth 29 3 Two months to two years 23 4 2 to 5 years 72 5 6 to 10 years 117 6 11 to 15 years 12 7 16 to 25 years 5 8 25 to 50 years 1 9 After 50 years 96 10 Normal age unclear 175 NA NA v38. Segregation of Adolescent Boys Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=738; Number of unique values=5 Freq Value Description 440 1 absent 135 2 partial 38 3 with relatives outside nuclear family 10 4 with non-relatives 115 5 with peers 527 NA NA v39. Animals and Plow Cultivation Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1156; Number of unique values=3 Freq Value Description 997 1 absent 18 2 not aboriginal 141 3 aboriginal to prior contact 109 NA NA v40. Predominant Type of Animal Husbandry Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1156; Number of unique values=7 Freq Value Description 319 1 absence or near absence of large domestic animals 113 2 pigs the only large animals 179 3 sheep and/ or goats without larger domestic animals 64 4 equine animals 8 5 deer 26 6 camels, alpacas, or llamas 447 7 bovine animals 109 NA NA v41. Milking of Domestic Animals Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1156; Number of unique values=2 Freq Value Description 800 1 little or no milking 356 2 milked more often than sporadically 109 NA NA v42. Subsistence Economy (Not in the original EA) Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1264; Number of unique values=8 Freq Value Description 103 1 gathering contributes most 114 2 fishing contributes most 75 3 hunting contribuets most 77 4 pastoralism contributes most 475 6 extensive agriculture contributes most 270 7 inensive agricultue contributes most 64 8 two or more sources contribute equally 86 9 agriculture contributes most, type unknown 1 NA NA v43. Descent: Major Type (From Variables 17, 19, 21, Not in the Original EA) Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1248; Number of unique values=7 Freq Value Description 584 1 patrilineal 52 2 duolateral 160 3 matrilineal 11 4 Quasi-lineages 48 5 ambilineal 348 6 bilateral 45 7 mixed 17 NA NA v44. Sex Differences: Metal Working Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=950; Number of unique values=5 Freq Value Description 428 1 males only or almost alone 1 2 malea appreciably more 1 7 irrelevence of gender 5 8 activity present 515 9 absent or unimportant activity 315 NA NA v45. Sex Differences: Weaving Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=819; Number of unique values=9 Freq Value Description 97 1 males only 5 2 males appreciably more 15 3 differentialted but equal participation 10 4 equal participation 6 5 female appreciably more 176 6 females only 13 7 irrevelence of gender 60 8 activity present 437 9 absent or unimportant activity 446 NA NA v46. Sex Differences: Leather Working Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=611; Number of unique values=9 Freq Value Description 158 1 males only 7 2 males appreciably more 3 3 differentialted but equal participation 19 4 equal participation 17 5 female appreciably more 135 6 females only 4 7 irrevelence of gender 102 8 activity present 166 9 absent or unimportant activity 654 NA NA v47. Sex Differences: Pottery Making Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=841; Number of unique values=9 Freq Value Description 36 1 males only 4 2 males appreciably more 7 3 differentialted but equal participation 6 4 equal participation 12 5 female appreciably more 345 6 females only 8 7 irrevelence of gender 130 8 activity present 293 9 absent or unimportant activity 424 NA NA v48. Sex Differences: Boat Building Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=676; Number of unique values=8 Freq Value Description 233 1 males only 9 2 males appreciably more 4 3 differentialted but equal participation 1 4 equal participation 3 6 females only 1 7 irrevelence of gender 160 8 activity present 265 9 absent or unimportant activity 589 NA NA v49. Sex Differences: House Construction Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=549; Number of unique values=8 Freq Value Description 343 1 males only 69 2 males appreciably more 33 3 differentialted but equal participation 24 4 equal participation 9 5 female appreciably more 67 6 females only 1 8 activity present 3 9 absent or unimportant activity 716 NA NA v50. Sex Differences: Gathering Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=634; Number of unique values=8 Freq Value Description 19 1 males only 17 2 males appreciably more 19 3 differentialted but equal participation 40 4 equal participation 128 5 female appreciably more 246 6 females only 4 8 activity present 161 9 absent or unimportant activity 631 NA NA v51. Sex Differences: Hunting Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=939; Number of unique values=3 Freq Value Description 841 1 males only 13 2 males appreciably more 85 9 absent or unimportant activity 326 NA NA v52. Sex Differences: Fishing Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=820; Number of unique values=8 Freq Value Description 303 1 males only 200 2 males appreciably more 55 3 differentialted but equal participation 38 4 equal participation 18 5 female appreciably more 20 6 females only 4 8 activity present 182 9 absent or unimportant activity 445 NA NA v53. Sex Differences: Animal Husbandry Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=784; Number of unique values=8 Freq Value Description 194 1 males only 107 2 males appreciably more 65 3 differentialted but equal participation 39 4 equal participation 17 5 female appreciably more 44 6 females only 3 8 activity present 315 9 absent or unimportant activity 481 NA NA v54. Sex Differences: Agriculture Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=951; Number of unique values=7 Freq Value Description 70 1 males only 161 2 males appreciably more 90 3 differentialted but equal participation 140 4 equal participation 227 5 female appreciably more 32 6 females only 231 9 absent or unimportant activity 314 NA NA v55. Age or Occupational Specialization: Metal Working Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=950; Number of unique values=3 Freq Value Description 416 3 craft specialization 2 4 industrialized specialization 532 9 task absent oe age/ occupational specialization absent 315 NA NA v56. Age or Occupational Specialization: Weaving Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=819; Number of unique values=3 Freq Value Description 46 3 craft specialization 14 4 industrialized specialization 759 9 task absent oe age/ occupational specialization absent 446 NA NA v57. Age or Occupational Specialization: Leather Working Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=611; Number of unique values=3 Freq Value Description 64 3 craft specialization 4 4 industrialized specialization 543 9 task absent oe age/ occupational specialization absent 654 NA NA v58. Age or Occupational Specialization: Pottery Making Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=841; Number of unique values=4 Freq Value Description 2 2 senior age specialization 65 3 craft specialization 8 4 industrialized specialization 766 9 task absent oe age/ occupational specialization absent 424 NA NA v59. Age or Occupational Specialization: Boat Building Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=676; Number of unique values=3 Freq Value Description 36 3 craft specialization 1 4 industrialized specialization 639 9 task absent oe age/ occupational specialization absent 589 NA NA v60. Age or Occupational Specialization: House Construction Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=549; Number of unique values=2 Freq Value Description 37 3 craft specialization 512 9 task absent oe age/ occupational specialization absent 716 NA NA v61. Age or Occupational Specialization: Gathering Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=634; Number of unique values=2 Freq Value Description 1 1 junior age specialization 633 9 task absent oe age/ occupational specialization absent 631 NA NA v62. Age or Occupational Specialization: Hunting Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=938; Number of unique values=3 Freq Value Description 1 1 junior age specialization 24 3 craft specialization 913 9 task absent oe age/ occupational specialization absent 327 NA NA v63. Age or Occupational Specialization: Fishing Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=820; Number of unique values=2 Freq Value Description 22 3 craft specialization 798 9 task absent oe age/ occupational specialization absent 445 NA NA v64. Age or Occupational Specialization: Animal Husbandry Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=784; Number of unique values=3 Freq Value Description 18 1 junior age specialization 3 3 craft specialization 763 9 task absent oe age/ occupational specialization absent 481 NA NA v65. Age or Occupational Specialization: Agriculture Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=951; Number of unique values=2 Freq Value Description 1 3 craft specialization 950 9 task absent oe age/ occupational specialization absent 314 NA NA v66. Class Stratification Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1083; Number of unique values=5 Freq Value Description 532 1 absence among freemen 205 2 wealth distinctions 39 3 elite 228 4 dual 79 5 complex 182 NA NA v67. Class Stratification, Secondary Features Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1083; Number of unique values=5 Freq Value Description 10 2 wealth distinctions 9 3 elite 11 4 dual 11 5 complex 1042 9 no secondary type 182 NA NA v68. Class Stratification (Endogamy) Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1077; Number of unique values=4 Freq Value Description 914 1 absent or insignificant 103 2 despised occupational groups 33 3 ethnic stratification 27 4 complex 188 NA NA v69. Class Stratification (Endogamy), Secondary Type Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1077; Number of unique values=3 Freq Value Description 4 2 Despised occupational group 3 3 ethnic stratification 1070 5 No secondary type or absence of stratification 188 NA NA v70. Type of Slavery Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1095; Number of unique values=4 Freq Value Description 523 1 absence or near absence 128 2 incipient or nonhereditary 217 3 reported but type not identified 227 4 hereditary and socially significant 170 NA NA v71. Former Presence of Slavery Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1095; Number of unique values=2 Freq Value Description 803 1 absent or exists currently and in past 292 2 fromerly present but not currently existing 170 NA NA v72. Succession to the Office of Local Headman Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=910; Number of unique values=8 Freq Value Description 408 1 Patrilineal heir 101 2 Matrilineal heir 42 3 Appointment by higher authority 28 4 Senority or age 42 5 Influence, wealth or social status 100 6 Election or other formal consensus 87 7 Informal consensus 102 9 Absence of any such office 355 NA NA v73. Succession to the Office of Local Headman: Type of Hereditary Succession Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=910; Number of unique values=6 Freq Value Description 307 1 hereditary by son 101 2 hereditary by other patrilineal heir 37 3 hereditary by a sister's son 64 4 hereditary by other matrilineal heir 299 5 nonhereditary 102 9 Absence of any such office 355 NA NA v74. Inheritance Rule for Real Property (Land) Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=830; Number of unique values=7 Freq Value Description 212 1 absence of individual property rights 31 2 matrilineal (sister's sons) 60 3 other matrilineal heirs 43 4 children, with daughters recieving less 55 5 children, equally for both sexes 90 6 other patrilineal heirs 339 7 patrilineal (sons) 435 NA NA v75. Inheritance Distribution for Real Property (Land) Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=794; Number of unique values=5 Freq Value Description 300 1 equal or relatively equal 19 2 exclusively 16 3 ultimogeniture 247 4 primogeniture 212 9 absence of inheritance of real property 471 NA NA v76. Inheritance Rule for Movable Property Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=884; Number of unique values=7 Freq Value Description 132 1 absence of individual property rights or rules 45 2 Matrilineal 73 3 other matrilineal 67 4 children, with daughters receiving less 88 5 children, equally for both sexes 87 6 other patrilineal heirs 392 7 patrilineal 381 NA NA v77. Inheritance Distribution for Movable Property Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=883; Number of unique values=5 Freq Value Description 433 1 equal or relatively equal 18 2 exclusively 14 3 ultimogeniture 244 4 primogeniture 174 9 absence of inheritance of real property 382 NA NA v78. Norms of Premarital Sexual Behavior of Girls Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=572; Number of unique values=6 Freq Value Description 47 1 early marriage of females 146 2 insistence on virginity 114 3 prohibited but weakly censured 52 4 allowed, censured only if pregnancy 10 5 trial, marriage, promiscuous relation prohibited 203 6 freely permitted 693 NA NA v79. Prevailing Type of Dwelling: Ground Plan Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1171; Number of unique values=6 Freq Value Description 6 1 semicircular 510 2 circular 42 3 elliptical or elongated with rounded ends 2 4 polygonal 560 5 rectangular or square 51 6 quadrangular around 94 NA NA v80. Prevailing Type of Dwelling: Floor Level Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1153; Number of unique values=4 Freq Value Description 82 1 subterranean or semi-subterranean 926 2 floor formed by ground 66 3 elevated slightly or raised platform 79 4 raised substantially on piles, posts, or piers 112 NA NA v81. Prevailing Type of Dwelling: Wall Material Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=747; Number of unique values=9 Freq Value Description 61 1 stone, stucco, concrete, or fired brink 142 2 plaster, mud and dung, or wattle and daub 173 3 wood, including logs, planks, poles, bamboo, or shingles 19 4 bark 6 5 hides or skin 25 6 felt, cloth, or other fabrics 86 7 mats, latticework, or wattle 50 8 grass, leaves, or other thatch 185 9 adobe, clay, or dried brick 518 NA NA v82. Prevailing Type of Dwelling: Shape of Roof Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1109; Number of unique values=9 Freq Value Description 38 1 rounded or semi-cylindrical 102 2 dome or hemisphere 58 3 beehive with pointed peak 350 4 conical 8 5 semi-hemisphere 15 6 shed 95 7 flat or horizontal 358 8 gabled 85 9 hipped or pyramidal 156 NA NA v83. Prevailing Type of Dwelling: Roofing Materials Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1134; Number of unique values=10 Freq Value Description 22 1 stone, slate, tile, or fired brink 12 2 plaster, clay, mud and dung, or wattle and daub 48 3 wood, including logs, planks, poles, bamboo, or shingles 38 4 bark 42 5 hides or skin 24 6 felt, cloth, or other fabrics 44 7 mats 772 8 grass, leaves, brush or other thatch 125 9 earth or turf 7 10 ice or snow 131 NA NA v84. Secondary or Alternative House Type: Ground Plan Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=333; Number of unique values=6 Freq Value Description 7 1 semicircular 142 2 circular 11 3 elliptical or elongated with rounded ends 1 4 polygonal 163 5 rectangular or square 9 6 quadrangular around 932 NA NA v85. Secondary or Alternative House Type: Floor Level Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=331; Number of unique values=4 Freq Value Description 24 1 subhterranean or semi-subterranean 271 2 floor formed by ground 15 3 elevated slighty or on raise platform 21 4 raised substantially on piles, posts, or piers 934 NA NA v86. Secondary or Alternative House Type: Wall Material Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=175; Number of unique values=9 Freq Value Description 20 1 stone, stucco, concrete, or fired brink 34 2 plaster, mud and dung, or wattle and daub 27 3 wood, including logs, planks, polees, bamboo, or shingles 8 4 bark 1 5 hides or skin 3 6 felt, cloth, or other fabrics 18 7 mats. latticework, or wattle 19 8 grass, leaves, or other thatch 45 9 adobe, clay, or dried brick 1090 NA NA v87. Secondary or Alternative House Type: Shape of Roof Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=312; Number of unique values=9 Freq Value Description 1 1 rounded or semi cylindrical 28 2 dome or hemisphere 10 3 behive with pointed peak 102 4 conical 8 5 semi-hemisphere 8 6 shed 39 7 flat or horizontal 91 8 gabled 25 9 hipped or pyramidal 953 NA NA v88. Secondary or Alternative House Type: Roofing Materials Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=326; Number of unique values=9 Freq Value Description 10 1 stone, or slate, tile, fired brink 1 2 plaster, clay, mud and dung, or wattle and daub 10 3 wood, including logs, planks, poles, bamboo, or shingles 27 4 bark 26 5 hides or skin 3 6 felt, cloth, or other fabrics 33 7 mats 179 8 grass, leaves, brush, or other thatch 37 9 ice or snow 939 NA NA v89. Inclusion in Summary Atlas Volume (1967) Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=2 Freq Value Description 402 1 no 863 2 yes v90. Political Integration (WES Column 15) Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=312; Number of unique values=6 Freq Value Description 23 1 absence, even at local level 131 2 autonomous local communities 9 3 peace groups transcending local communities 79 4 minimal states 28 5 little states 42 6 states 953 NA NA v91. Region Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=6 Freq Value Description 414 A Africa 164 C Circum-Mediterranean 126 E East Eurasia 167 I Insular Pacific 285 N North America 109 S South America v92. Area within each region Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=60 First six non-missing records: society v92 Kung Aa Herero Ab Swazi Ab Ila Ac Pende Ac Bajun Ad v93. Ethnographic Atlas Number Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=67 Stat Value nobs 1265 mean 16.747 min 1 max 67 sd 14.183 v94. Political Succession for the Local Community (WES Column 15) Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=294; Number of unique values=11 Freq Value Description 67 11 PL, a son preferred to a younger brother 9 12 PL, a younger brother preferred to a son 61 13 PL, other than B or S 8 24 ML, a sister's son preferred to a younger brother 8 25 ML, a younger brother preferred to a sister's son 14 26 ML, other than SS or yB 11 39 appointment by some higher authority 26 49 election or formal consensus 41 59 informal consensus, personal influence or age 19 69 councils, or other collective body 30 99 absence of indigenous political authority 971 NA NA v95. Climate: Primary Environment (Coded by Frank Moore from Phillips Comparative Atlas) Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=398; Number of unique values=15 Freq Value Description 11 23 Tundra (northern areas) 21 36 Northern coniferous forest 8 44 High plateau steppe 19 46 Temperate forest (mostly mountainous) 3 51 Desert (including arctic) 37 52 Desert grasses and shrubs 25 54 Temperate grasslands 11 55 Mediterranean (dry, deciduous, and evergreen forests) 16 56 Temperate woodland 5 65 Oases and certain restricted river valleys 24 74 Sub-tropical bush 27 78 Sub-tropical rain forest 64 84 Tropical grassland 14 87 Monsoon forest 113 88 Tropical rain forest 867 NA NA v96. Climate: Secondary Environments (Coded by Frank Moore from Phillips Comparative Atlas) Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=397; Number of unique values=14 Freq Value Description 1 23 tundra 1 36 northern coniferous forest 4 46 temperate forest 1 51 desert 7 52 desert grasses and shrubs 1 54 temperate grasslands 7 56 temperate woodland 1 65 oases and certain restricted river valleys 1 74 sub-tropical bush 5 78 sub-tropical rain forest 17 84 tropical grassland 1 87 monsoon forest 9 88 tropical rain forest 341 99 no secondary environment 868 NA NA v97. Linguistic Affiliation: Language Continent Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1201; Number of unique values=5 Freq Value Description 531 1 Africa- Mideastern 214 2 East Eurasia 91 3 North Eurasisan 266 4 North American 99 5 South American 64 NA NA v98. Linguistic Affiliation: Language Phylum Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1201; Number of unique values=72 Stat Value nobs 1201 mean 20.933 min 1 max 99 sd 23.526 v99. Linguistic Affiliation: Subfamilies Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=670; Number of unique values=57 Stat Value nobs 670 mean 13.3 min 1 max 57 sd 14.306 v102. Date: Year with Century Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1256; Number of unique values=55 Stat Value nobs 1256 mean 1897.554 min -800 max 2000 sd 135.515 v104. Latitude Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=113 Stat Value nobs 1265 mean 14.511 min -55 max 78 sd 22.142 v106. Longitude Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=286 Stat Value nobs 1265 mean 1.553 min -190 max 179 sd 84.707 v107. Society name Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=1265 First six non-missing records: society v107 Kung KUNG. . . Herero HERERO. . Swazi SWAZI . . Ila ILA . . . Pende PENDE . . Bajun BAJUN . . v112. Trance States Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=658; Number of unique values=8 Freq Value Description 135 1 Trance exists, no belief in possession 45 2 A belief in possession exists 67 3 Trance exists, sole explanation is possession, no other manifestations of possession 93 4 Possession is one of the explanations of trance, possession also has other manifestations 79 5 Trance exists, possession explains other phenomena, but not trance 85 6 Possession is sole cause of trance, but possession has manifestations other than trance 36 7 Possession is one of the explanations of trance, possession has no other manifestations 118 8 Trance does not exist, no belief in possession. 607 NA NA v113. Societal Rigidity Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=32; Number of unique values=2 Freq Value Description 13 1 Flexible 19 2 Rigid 1233 NA NA v114. Ethnographic Atlas Cluster number Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=641; Number of unique values=350 Stat Value nobs 641 mean 197.744 min 1 max 412 sd 119.664 iso639.3. ISO 639-3 language code, used on Ethnologue (http://www.ethnologue.com/) Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=1064 First six non-missing records: society iso639.3 Kung knw Herero her Swazi ssw Ila ilb Pende pem Bajun swh lang. Language name, from Ethnologue (http://www.ethnologue.com/) Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=1061 First six non-missing records: society lang Kung Kungekoka Herero Herero Swazi Swati Ila Ila Pende Phende Bajun Swahili phyl. Language phylogenetic classification, from Ethnologue (http://www.ethnologue.com/) Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=786 First six non-missing records: society phyl Kung Khoisan, Southern Africa, Northern Herero Niger-congo, Atlantic-congo, Volta-congo, Benue-congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, R, Herero (r 30) Swazi Niger-congo, Atlantic-congo, Volta-congo, Benue-congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, S, Nguni (s 40) Ila Niger-congo, Atlantic-congo, Volta-congo, Benue-congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, M, Lenje-tonga (m 60), Tonga Pende Niger-congo, Atlantic-congo, Volta-congo, Benue-congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, K, Holu (k 10) Bajun Niger-congo, Atlantic-congo, Volta-congo, Benue-congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, G, Swahili (g 40) reg. Classification into Old World or New World. Used for calculation of linguistic proximity matrix. Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=2 Freq Value 389 newWorld 876 oldWorld meanalt. BIOCLIM: Mean altitude within 20 km radius (m) (Hijmans et al. 2005) Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=1230 Stat Value nobs 1265 mean 662.163 min -7.53 max 6049.991 sd 683.242 sdalt. BIOCLIM: Standard deviation of altitude within 20 km radius (m) (Hijmans et al. 2005) Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=1230 Stat Value nobs 1265 mean 105.8 min 0.568 max 998.588 sd 126.982 bio.1. BIOCLIM: Annual Mean Temperature (dgC*10) (Hijmans et al. 2005) Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=307 Stat Value nobs 1265 mean 195.257 min -165 max 300 sd 87.733 bio.2. BIOCLIM: Mean Diurnal Range (Mean of monthly (max temp - min temp)) (dgC*10) (Hijmans et al. 2005) Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=155 Stat Value nobs 1265 mean 116.249 min 43 max 190 sd 30.212 bio.3. BIOCLIM: Isothermality (bio_2/bio_7) (* 100) (Hijmans et al. 2005) Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=96 Stat Value nobs 1265 mean 58.681 min 14 max 94.273 sd 18.844 bio.4. BIOCLIM: Temperature Seasonality (standard deviation *100) (Hijmans et al. 2005) Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=1109 Stat Value nobs 1265 mean 3591.353 min 106.414 max 20333 sd 3516.254 bio.5. BIOCLIM: Max Temperature of Warmest Month (dgC*10) (Hijmans et al. 2005) Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=282 Stat Value nobs 1265 mean 310.842 min 52.135 max 460 sd 59.38 bio.6. BIOCLIM: Min Temperature of Coldest Month (dgC*10) (Hijmans et al. 2005) Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=435 Stat Value nobs 1265 mean 84.158 min -427 max 257 sd 130.439 bio.7. BIOCLIM: Temperature Annual Range (bio_5-bio_6) (dgC*10) (Hijmans et al. 2005) Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=403 Stat Value nobs 1265 mean 226.671 min 54 max 658 sd 109.693 bio.8. BIOCLIM: Mean Temperature of Wettest Quarter (dgC*10) (Hijmans et al. 2005) Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=320 Stat Value nobs 1265 mean 204.459 min -94 max 351 sd 81.376 bio.9. BIOCLIM: Mean Temperature of Driest Quarter (dgC*10) (Hijmans et al. 2005) Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=340 Stat Value nobs 1265 mean 184.372 min -331 max 351 sd 111.258 bio.10. BIOCLIM: Mean Temperature of Warmest Quarter (dgC*10) (Hijmans et al. 2005) Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=272 Stat Value nobs 1265 mean 240.061 min 13 max 358 sd 57.518 bio.11. BIOCLIM: Mean Temperature of Coldest Quarter (dgC*10) (Hijmans et al. 2005) Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=386 Stat Value nobs 1265 mean 148.555 min -371 max 283.913 sd 127.078 bio.12. BIOCLIM: Annual Precipitation (mm) (Hijmans et al. 2005) Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=1015 Stat Value nobs 1265 mean 1329.712 min 0 max 7038 sd 976.256 bio.13. BIOCLIM: Precipitation of Wettest Month (mm) (Hijmans et al. 2005) Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=484 Stat Value nobs 1265 mean 224.398 min 0 max 1184 sd 153.902 bio.14. BIOCLIM: Precipitation of Driest Month (mm) (Hijmans et al. 2005) Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=190 Stat Value nobs 1265 mean 32.732 min 0 max 407 sd 53.773 bio.15. BIOCLIM: Precipitation Seasonality (Coefficient of Variation) (Hijmans et al. 2005) Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=173 Stat Value nobs 1265 mean 65.792 min 0 max 216 sd 33.536 bio.16. BIOCLIM: Precipitation of Wettest Quarter (mm) (Hijmans et al. 2005) Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=788 Stat Value nobs 1265 mean 593.049 min 0 max 3308 sd 409.621 bio.17. BIOCLIM: Precipitation of Driest Quarter (mm) (Hijmans et al. 2005) Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=369 Stat Value nobs 1265 mean 118.854 min 0 max 1354 sd 177.253 bio.18. BIOCLIM: Precipitation of Warmest Quarter (mm) (Hijmans et al. 2005) Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=620 Stat Value nobs 1265 mean 318.096 min 0 max 1913 sd 289.766 bio.19. BIOCLIM: Precipitation of Coldest Quarter (mm) (Hijmans et al. 2005) Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=599 Stat Value nobs 1265 mean 303.147 min 0 max 2713 sd 358.561 mnnpp. Mean Net Primary Production within 50 km radius. (scaled) (Imhoff et al. 2004) Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=1210 Stat Value nobs 1265 mean 0.056 min -1.329 max 2.458 sd 0.994 long. Longitude (decimal degrees)--rectified Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=887 Stat Value nobs 1265 mean 1.465 min -178.132 max 179.495 sd 84.687 lati. Latitude (decimal degrees)--rectified Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=771 Stat Value nobs 1265 mean 14.489 min -55.427 max 77.49 sd 22.165 ecoregion. WWF ecoregion. (Olson et al. 2001) Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=376 First six non-missing records: society ecoregion Kung Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea Woodland Herero Kalahari Xeric Savanna Swazi Drakensburg Afro-montane Grassland and Woodland Ila Zambezian Flooded Grassland Pende Southern Congolian Forest-Savanna Mosaic Bajun East African Mangroves mht.name. WWF major habitat type. (Olson et al. 2001) Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=16 Freq Value 24 Boreal forest/taigas 133 Deserts and xeric shrublands 12 Flooded grasslands 15 Mangroves 38 Mediterranean scrub 23 Montane grasslands 3 Snow, ice, glaciers, and rock 61 Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests 89 Temperate coniferous forests 49 Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands 18 Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests 57 Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests 341 Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands 378 Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests 21 Tundra 3 Water koeppengei. Koeppen-Geiger climate classification. (Kottek et al. 2006) Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=25 Freq Value Description 174 Af Equatorial: fully humid 103 Am Equatorial: monsoonal 8 As Equatorial: summer dry 359 Aw Equatorial: winter dry 83 BSh Arid: steppe; hot 61 BSk Arid: steppe; cold 65 BWh Arid: desert; hot 14 BWk Arid: desert; cold 34 Cfa Warm Temperate: fully humid; hot summer 57 Cfb Warm Temperate: fully humid; warm summer 4 Cfc Warm Temperate: fully humid; cool summer 27 Csa Warm Temperate: summer dry; hot summer 60 Csb Warm Temperate: summer dry; warm summer 44 Cwa Warm Temperate: winter dry; hot summer 29 Cwb Warm Temperate: winter dry; warm summer 14 Dfa Snow: fully humid; hot summer 52 Dfb Snow: fully humid; warm summer 34 Dfc Snow: fully humid; cool summer 1 Dfd Snow: fully humid; extremely continental 4 Dsb Snow: summer dry; warm summer 1 Dsc Snow: summer dry; cool summer 3 Dwa Snow: winter dry; hot summer 3 Dwb Snow: winter dry; warm summer 1 Dwc Snow: winter dry; cool summer 30 ET Polar: tundra society. Ethnographic Atlas society name Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=1265 First six non-missing records: society society.1 Kung Kung Herero Herero Swazi Swazi Ila Ila Pende Pende Bajun Bajun continent. Continent Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=7 Freq Value 535 Africa 215 Asia 13 Australia 30 Europe 307 North America 74 Oceania 91 South America region. Major sub-continental geographic region Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=24 Freq Value 9 Asiatic Russia 14 Australia/New Zealand 3 Caribbean 41 Central America 3 Central Asia 148 Eastern Africa 28 Eastern Asia 8 Eastern Europe 8 European Russia 63 Melanesia 21 Micronesia 124 Middle Africa 70 Northern Africa 263 Northern America 3 Northern Europe 18 Polynesia 91 South America 67 Southeastern Asia 17 Southern Africa 63 Southern Asia 9 Southern Europe 176 Western Africa 16 Western Asia 2 Western Europe iso. ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country codes (GADM-2 data from http://www.gadm.org/) Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=151 First six non-missing records: society iso Kung NAM Herero NAM Swazi SWZ Ila ZMB Pende COD Bajun KEN name.0. Name of Country (GADM-2 data from http://www.gadm.org/) Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=151 First six non-missing records: society name.0 Kung Namibia Herero Namibia Swazi Swaziland Ila Zambia Pende Democratic Republic of the Congo Bajun Kenya name.1. Name of first subnational administrative level (GADM-2 data from http://www.gadm.org/) Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1252; Number of unique values=581 First six non-missing records: society name.1 Kung Otjozondjupa Herero Erongo Swazi Manzini Ila Southern Pende Kasai-Occidental Bajun Coast hasc.1. Hierarchical administrative subdivision code--level 1 (GADM-2 data from http://www.gadm.org/) Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1176; Number of unique values=576 First six non-missing records: society hasc.1 Kung NA.OD Herero NA.ER Swazi SZ.MA Ila ZM.SO Pende CD.KC Bajun KE.CO name.2. Name of second subnational administrative level (GADM-2 data from http://www.gadm.org/) Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1195; Number of unique values=953 First six non-missing records: society name.2 Kung Tsumkwe Herero Omaruru Ila Itezhi-Tezhi Pende Kasai Bajun Lamu Nyoro Kibanda hasc.2. Hierarchical administrative subdivision code--level 2 (GADM-2 data from http://www.gadm.org/) Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=847; Number of unique values=701 First six non-missing records: society hasc.2 Kung NA.OD.TS Herero NA.ER.OM Ila ZM.SO.IT Bajun KE.CO.LM Kpe CM.SW.FA Fon BJ.ZO.DJ name.3. Name of third subnational administrative level (GADM-2 data from http://www.gadm.org/) Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=526; Number of unique values=467 First six non-missing records: society name.3 Pende Thikapa Bajun Kiunga Nyoro Kiryandongo Amba Irumu Kissi Beindou Bambara Dioila eaid. Ethnographic Atlas ID number, if society is in the EA Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=1265; Number of unique values=1265 Stat Value nobs 1265 mean 633.745 min 1 max 1267 sd 365.896 lrbid. Binford foragers ID number, if society is in the LRB Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=206; Number of unique values=206 Stat Value nobs 206 mean 189.981 min 1 max 339 sd 89.485 sccsid. Standard Cross Cultural Sample ID number, if society is in the SCCS Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=186; Number of unique values=186 Stat Value nobs 186 mean 93.5 min 1 max 186 sd 53.838 wnaiid. Western North American Indian ID number, if society is in the WNAI Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=104; Number of unique values=104 Stat Value nobs 104 mean 80.971 min 2 max 172 sd 48.631