a note on the measurement of Sahlins' social profile of domestic production1

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Abstract
Sahlins' quantitative approach to production in primitive societies, based on a comparison of the observed relation between production per worker and proportion of consumers to workers in households with a hypothetical “Chayanov” relation (representing production for livelihood), is examlned. Changes in the type of measurement made are suggested which allow the degree of divergence of the empirical production pattern from the Chayanov pattern to be decided by statistical tests, instead of by subjective evaluation. The tests proposed are applied to data from three villages discussed by Sahlins. Some suggestions are made about factors which might cause production patterns to change through time.

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