Dominant form of polygamy [WNAI295]

Description: None

Code # Code
1 No polygamy, or it is rare
2 Sororal polygyny wherein wives are sisters, or stand in roughly equivalent relationship to one another (such as classificatory sisters)
3 Nonsororal polygyny wherein wives are not sisters nor do they stand in any equivalent relationship to each other
4 General polygyny wherein wives may be sisters or unrelated
5 Polyandry: marriage of several men to one woman

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Dataset:
Jorgensen 1980 'Western Indians'
Variable:
Dominant form of polygamy [WNAI295]
Values:
1 No polygamy, or rare 28
2 Sororal polygyny 50
3 Nonsororal polygyny 16
4 General polygyny 71
5 Polyandry 0
Datapoint Society Language family Details Focal year Subcase