Sex differences: leather working [EA046]

Description: Specialization by sex in the dressing of skins, e.g., by tanning; not including the manufacture of artifacts from raw hides or undressed skins.

Code # Code
1 Males alone perform the activity, female participation being negligible
2 Both sexes participate, but males do appreciably more than females
3 Differentiation of specific tasks by sex but approximately equal participation by both sexes in the total activity
4 Equal participation by both sexes without marked or reported differentiation in specific tasks
5 Both sexes participate, but females do appreciably more than males
6 Females alone perform the activity, male participation being negligible
7 Sex participation irrelevant, especially where production is industrialized
8 The activity is present, but sex participation is unspecified in the sources consulted
9 The activity is absent or unimportant in the particular society

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Dataset:
Murdock et al. 1999 'Ethnographic Atlas'
Variable:
Sex differences: leather working [EA046]
Description:
Specialization by sex in the dressing of skins, e.g., by tanning; not including the manufacture of artifacts from raw hides or undressed skins.
Values:
1 Males alone 166
2 Both, males more 7
3 Differentiated but equal 4
4 Equal participation 19
5 Both, females more 18
6 Females alone 144
7 Sex irrelevant 4
8 Activity present, sex diff. unspecified 106
9 Activity is absent 167
Datapoint Society Language family Details Focal year Subcase