Secondary cognatic kin group: kindreds and ramages [EA022]

Description: The presence or probable absence, and the typology, of secondary cognatic kin groups. This variable highlights societies for which both kindreds (bilateral descent) and ramages (ambilineal descent) are reported.

Codes [click for detailed code description]
Code # Code
2 Kindreds: bilateral descent with specifically reported kindreds, i.e., Ego-oriented bilateral kin groups or categories
4 Ramages, i.e., ancestor-oriented ambilineal kin groups, if they are agamous, endogamous, or not specifically stated to be exogamous
9 No secondary cognatic groups

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Dataset:
Murdock et al. 1999 'Ethnographic Atlas'
Variable:
Secondary cognatic kin group: kindreds and ramages [EA022]
Description:
The presence or probable absence, and the typology, of secondary cognatic kin groups. This variable highlights societies for which both kindreds (bilateral descent) and ramages (ambilineal descent) are reported.
Values:
2 Kindreds 16
4 Ramages 3
9 No secondary groups 1259
Datapoint Society Language family Details Focal year Subcase