Descent - Membership in Corporate Kinship Groups [SCCS70]

Description: Murdock, G. P., & Wilson, S. F. (1972). Settlement patterns and community organization: Cross-cultural codes 3. Ethnology, 11(3), 254-295.

Codes [click for detailed code description]
Code # Code
1 Matrilineal - through female line
2 Double descent - separate groups through male and female lines
3 Patrilineal - through male line
4 Ambilineal - through one parent in each generation
5 Bilateral - not a corporate kin group

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Dataset:
Murdock and White 1969 'Standard Cross-Cultural Sample'
Variable:
Descent - Membership in Corporate Kinship Groups [SCCS70]
Description:
Murdock, G. P., & Wilson, S. F. (1972). Settlement patterns and community organization: Cross-cultural codes 3. Ethnology, 11(3), 254-295.
Values:
1 Matrilineal-through female line 26
2 Double descent-through male and female lines 10
3 Patrilineal-through male line 75
4 Ambilineal- through one parent in each generation 6
5 Bilateral- not a corporate kin group 69
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