Organization of clan communities [EA016]

Description: Indicates whether or not societies organized as clan-communities (i.e., where communities represent a single, localized, exogamous kin group or clan) are also segmented into clan barrios.

Code # Code
1 Clan communities not segmented into clan barrios
2 Clan communities segmented into clan barrios
9 Communities not organized as exogamous clan communities

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Dataset:
Murdock et al. 1999 'Ethnographic Atlas'
Variable:
Organization of clan communities [EA016]
Description:
Indicates whether or not societies organized as clan-communities (i.e., where communities represent a single, localized, exogamous kin group or clan) are also segmented into clan barrios.
Values:
1 Clans 194
2 Clans with barrios 43
9 No exogamous clans 865
Datapoint Society Language family Details Focal year Subcase