D-PLACE - Variable Transactions at marriage: prevailing type [EA006]

Transactions at marriage: prevailing type [EA006]

Description: Prevailing type of transfer or exchange at marriage.

Code #	Code
1	Bride-price or bride-wealth, i.e., transfer of a substantial consideration in the form of livestock, goods, or money from the groom or his relatives to the kinsmen of the bride
2	Bride-service, i.e., a substantial material consideration in which the principal element consists of labor or other services rendered by the groom to the bride's kinsmen
3	Token bride-price, i.e., a small or symbolic payment only
4	Gift exchange, i.e., reciprocal exchange of gifts of substantial value between the relatives of the bride and groom, or a continuing exchange of goods and services in approximately equal amounts between the groom or his kinsmen and the bride's relatives
5	Exchange, i.e., transfer of a sister or other female relative of the groom in exchange for the bride
6	Absence of any significant consideration, or bridal gifts only
7	Dowry, i.e., transfer of a substantial amount of property from the bride's relatives to the bride, the groom, or the kinsmen of the latter

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Dataset:

Murdock et al. 1999 'Ethnographic Atlas'

Variable:

Transactions at marriage: prevailing type [EA006]

Description:

Prevailing type of transfer or exchange at marriage.

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