Holdings Information for: RDS Study 3163-02

HRAF Research Series in Quantitative Cross-Cultural Data Volume II: Death and Dying in the Life Cycle


Keywords:
anthropolgy

ethnography

Principal Investigator(s):

Glascock, Anthony and Richard Wagner

Summary:

This study contains ethnographic data on 104 variables for the sixty cultures in the probability sample files (PSF). The PSF is a bibliographically controlled cross-cultural sample of distinct societies representing major cultural regions worldwide. The compilation of these codes is intended to facilitate the use of cultural data in social science teaching and research. The topics include in this second volume cover elements of the life cycle, emphasizing attitudinal and behavioral data. These variables build on data supplied in volume 1.

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