Magical Protectiveness Applied to Parents and Child [SCCS36]

Description: Variables 23-32 deal with infancy only, from the first year until the transition to early childhood (see 38-39, 42, 44), usually at 12-18 months.The early and late infancy periods of variables 24-27 refer to the first few months after birth versus the period after crawling begins,usually around 9 months. Variables 33-38 include both infancy and early childhood, the latter usually to the age of 4-5 years. Variables 39-50 deal with the transition to childhood, around 12-18 months.Variables 51-60 provide a comparison of infancy and childhood. Barry, H., & Paxson, L. M. (1971). Infancy and early childhood: Cross-cultural codes 2. Ethnology, 10(4), 466-508.

Codes [click for detailed code description]
Code # Code
1 None
2 Only neonatal period, e.g., couvade
3 Slight, neonatally and later
4 Moderate, neonatally and later
5 Exaggerated, neonatally and later

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Dataset:
Murdock and White 1969 'Standard Cross-Cultural Sample'
Variable:
Magical Protectiveness Applied to Parents and Child [SCCS36]
Description:
Variables 23-32 deal with infancy only, from the first year until the transition to early childhood (see 38-39, 42, 44), usually at 12-18 months.The early and late infancy periods of variables 24-27 refer to the first few months after birth versus the period after crawling begins,usually around 9 months. Variables 33-38 include both infancy and early childhood, the latter usually to the age of 4-5 years. Variables 39-50 deal with the transition to childhood, around 12-18 months.Variables 51-60 provide a comparison of infancy and childhood. Barry, H., & Paxson, L. M. (1971). Infancy and early childhood: Cross-cultural codes 2. Ethnology, 10(4), 466-508.
Values:
1 None 8
2 Only neonatal period, e.g. couvade 22
3 Slight, neonatally and later 76
4 Moderate, neonatally and later 66
5 Exaggerated, neonatally and later 6
Datapoint Society Language family Details Focal year Subcase