Description: The rule or practice governing the disposition or transmission of a man's movable property (exclusive of any dower right of his widow). [Note that Murdock (1963a) warned that the codes for this variable had "proved inadequate and in serious need of revision," and that the coded data "should consequently be used only with circumspection"].
| Code # | Code |
|---|---|
| 1 | Absence of individual rights to movable property or of any rule of inheritance governing the transmission of such rights. This includes the destruction, burial, or giving away of movable property |
| 2 | Matrilineal inheritance by a sister's son or sons |
| 3 | Inheritance by matrilineal heirs who take precedence over sisters' sons |
| 4 | Inheritance by children, but with daughters receiving less than sons |
| 5 | Inheritance by children of either sex or both |
| 6 | Inheritance by patrilineal heirs who take precedence over sons |
| 7 | Patrilineal inheritance by a son or sons |
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1 | No inher. of mov. property | 132 |
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2 | Matrilineal by sister's sons | 45 |
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3 | Matrilineal by heirs | 73 |
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4 | Children, less for daughters | 68 |
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5 | Children | 89 |
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6 | Patrilineal by heirs | 87 |
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7 | Patrilineal by sons | 415 |
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