Post-partum sex taboos [EA036]

Description: The normal duration of post-partum sex taboos, i.e., those requiring a lactating mother to refrain from sexual intercourse.

Codes [click for detailed code description]
Code # Code
1 No taboo, especially where the husband is expected to have intercourse with his wife as soon as possible after childbirth for the alleged benefit of the child
2 Short post-partum taboo, lasting not more than one month
3 Duration of from more than a month to six months
4 Duration of from more than six months to one year
5 Duration of from more than one year to two years
6 Duration of more than two years

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Dataset:
Murdock et al. 1999 'Ethnographic Atlas'
Variable:
Post-partum sex taboos [EA036]
Description:
The normal duration of post-partum sex taboos, i.e., those requiring a lactating mother to refrain from sexual intercourse.
Values:
1 No taboo 8
2 Up to one month 74
3 One to six months 120
4 Six months to a year 39
5 A year to two years 73
6 More than two years 58
Datapoint Society Language family Details Focal year Subcase