Cousin marriages permitted [Note, identical to EA023] [SCCS227]

Description: Murdock (1962-1971); Gray (1999)

Codes [click for detailed code description]
Code # Code
1 Duolateral cross-cousin marriage permitted, i.e., marriage allowed with either MoBrDa or FaSiDa but forbidden with a parallel cousin
2 Duolateral marriage permitted with paternal cousins only (FaBrDa or FaSiDa)
3 Duolateral marriage permitted with maternal cousins only (MoBrDa or MoSiDa)
4 Duolateral marriage permitted with an uncle's daughter only (FaBrDa or MoBrDa)
5 Duolateral marriage permitted with an aunt's daughter only (FaSiDa or MoSiDa)
6 Unilateral: only matrilateral cross-cousin marriage permitted, i.e., with a MoBrDa
7 Nonlateral marriage, i.e., unions forbidden with any first or second cousin
8 Nonlateral marriage, evidence available only for first cousins
9 Unilateral: only patrilateral cross-cousin marriage permitted i.e., with a FaSiDa
10 Quadrilateral marriage, i.e., marriage allowed with any first cousin
11 Nonlateral marriage in which all first cousins and some but not all second cousins are forbidden as spouses
12 Nonlateral marriage in which unions are forbidden with any first cousin but are permitted with any second cousin (or at least any who is not a lineage mate)
13 Trilateral marriage, i.e., marriage allowed with any first cousin except an orthocousin or lineage mate

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Dataset:
Murdock and White 1969 'Standard Cross-Cultural Sample'
Variable:
Cousin marriages permitted [Note, identical to EA023] [SCCS227]
Description:
Murdock (1962-1971); Gray (1999)
Values:
1 Cross-cousin 42
2 Paternal only 1
3 Maternal only 1
4 FaBrDa/MoBrDa only 0
5 FaSiDa/MoSiDa only 0
6 Matrilateral cross only 6
7 No first/second cousins 43
8 No first cousins 27
9 Patrilateral cross only 0
10 Any first cousins 25
11 Some second only 2
12 Only second cousins 19
13 Trilateral 8
Datapoint Society Language family Details Focal year Subcase