These are data collected by Koster and Leckie (2014) on food sharing among 25 indigenou s Nicaraguan households . [628694]

Koster Dataset

These are data collected by Koster and Leckie (2014) on food sharing among 25 indigenou s Nicaraguan households .

The relational data ("Koster data") include:

• Food_sharing : The number of times that a gift of meat was given from one household to another.
• Association_index : As based on "spot check" observational data, a normalized measure of the time that
members of the respective households spend affiliating with one another
• Mother_offspring_tie : Household dyads in which there is a mother in one household and her biologica l
offspring residing in the other
• Full_sibling_tie : Household dyads in which there is an individual in one household with a full sibling (purportedly
sharing the same mother and father) in the other household. This categorization assumes that there is not a
mother -offspring tie connecting the two households.
• Close_kin_ties : Household dyads in which there is an individual in one household with a close genetic relative in
the other household. These ties are commonly relationships between aunts and uncles in o ne household and
their nieces and nephews in other households. This categorization assumes that there is not a mother -offspring
tie or a full sibling tie connecting the two households.
• Other_kin_ties : Household dyads in which there is an individual in one household with a noteworthy genetic tie
to an individual in the other household. These ties are commonly relationships between cousins in the
respective households. This categorization assumes that there is not a mother -offspring tie, a full sibling tie, o r a
close kin tie connecting the households.
• Distance : The distance in meters between the households. Note that Household 8 is located across the river
from all other households.
• Offset : Not all households remained in the community for the full calendar ye ar. This variable denotes the
number of days (maximum = 365) that the households were simultaneously residing in the community.

The attributes file (Koster attribute s) contain these variables :

• Game_kg_per_day : The average amount of harvested wildlife acquired per day by members of the household,
measured in kilograms
• Fish_kg_per_day : The average amount of harvested fish acquired per day by members of the household,
measured in kilograms
• Average_pig_ownership : The number of pigs owned by the household, as averaged from mul tiple censuses
throughout the calendar year
• Wealth_index : A measure of the household's material wealth, as drawn from rankings conducted with members
of the community. Higher numbers indicate greater wealth.
• Pastor_residence : A categorical variable denotin g the respective households in which the community's two
pastors reside
• X_coordinate : A modified latitude coordinate (UTM) for the household's geographic location
• Y_coordinate : A modified longitude coordinate (UTM) for the household's geographic location

References

Koster, Jeremy M., and George Leckie. "Food sharing networks in lowland Nicaragua: An application of the social
relations model to count data." Social Network s 38 (2014): 100- 110.