Table 3 Gini Coefficient and error ranges in power-related societies

From: Inequality, power, population and hydraulic works: a quantitative approach unraveling the emergence of the earliest state in the prehistoric Yangtze Plain

 

N

Median Gini Coefficient

80% CL

90% CL

99% CL

Societies with power burials

19

0.417

[0.332, 0.474]

[0.332, 0.474]

[0.295, 0.643]

Societies without power burials

20

0.353

[0.320, 0.400]

[0.306, 0.424]

[0.281, 0.430]

Societies with political-military power burials

14

0.387

[0.310, 0.454]

[0.303, 0.475]

[0.293, 0.538]

Societies without political-military power burials

25

0.367

[0.348, 0.417]

[0.320, 0.424]

[0.301, 0.430]

Societies with ritual power burials

7

0.417

[0.332, 0.683]

[0.332, 0.683]

[0.217, 0.758]

Societies without ritual power burials

32

0.353

[0.320, 0.424]

[0.310, 0.426]

[0.295, 0.445]

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