Games [EA035]

Description: Types of games practiced. Following Roberts, only games with an outcome, i.e., a winner and a loser, are treated.

Codes [click for detailed code description]
Code # Code
1 No games of any of the three types
2 Games of physical skill only, whether or not they may also involve incidental elements of chance or strategy, e.g., foot racing, wrestling, the hoop-and-pole game
3 Games of chance only, with no significant element of either physical skill or strategy involved, e.g., dice games
4 Games of physical skill and of chance both present
5 Games of strategy only, involving no significant element of physical skill, e.g., chess, go, poker. Whether or not an element of chance is also involved is considered irrelevant
6 Games of physical skill and of strategy present, but not games of chance
7 Games of chance and of strategy present, but not games of physical skill
8 Games of all three types present

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Dataset:
Murdock et al. 1999 'Ethnographic Atlas'
Variable:
Games [EA035]
Description:
Types of games practiced. Following Roberts, only games with an outcome, i.e., a winner and a loser, are treated.
Values:
1 No games 26
2 Physical skill only 106
3 Chance only 2
4 Physical skill and chance 5
5 Strategy only 250
6 Strategy and physical skill 39
7 Strategy and chance 0
8 All types 58
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