It is not thought to be especially significant beyond a change in dress, name, etc
Its main significance is that she is an adult who has more social responsibilities
The main significance is that she is now capable of having intercourse, wehther or not she actually engages in it
Its main significance is that she is eligible for marriage and can engage in intercourse
Its main significance is that she is eligible for marriage
Its main significance is that she is eligible for marriage and is an adult
Its main significance is that she is eligible for marriage and is capable of bearing children
Its main significance is that she is capable of bearing children

There is no restriction placed on her during this period, and she carries on her activities as usual
There are restrictions placed on her personal activities but not on her social contacts, e.g., cooking taboos, eating taboos, taboos on what she may touch
There are restrictions placed on her personal movements and social contacts, e.g., she must remain in her dwelling or in a certain area of the settlements, she should avoid certain people
There are few restrictions placed on her personal activities and social contacts
There are moderate restrictions placed on her movements and her personal activities, e.g., she is in a partitioned area of the dwelling, she may not cook, she may see only certain people, she cannot engage in her usual economic activities, relaxed seclusion
There are severe restrictions imposed on her movements and personal activities, e.g., she is isolated in a menstrual hut, she may see few if any people, she may not cook, she may not feed herself

No one is thought to be endangered during this period
Only the menstruating woman is endangered
The woman endangers men. If both 3 & 4, code as 4
The woman endangers other women and/or children, e.g., the fertility of other women, newborn children
The woman endangers anyone with whom she comes in contact
The woman endangers her social group, e.g., the fertility of the crops, the response of the supernatural to them, harm to an important social functionary