[Babase] More on Male Conversion Errors

Catherine Markham amarkham at princeton.edu
Thu Feb 16 09:13:32 EST 2006


Hi Leah,

I'm forwarding all this to the listserv for archiving...

I do have questions on ICO, BOR, and AJA afterall.  I couldn't quite 
follow some of your notes - at least not enough to feel totally 
confident that I'm about to make the exact corrections you and Susan had 
in mind.  My notes/questions inserted below...

Thanks,
Catherine

Leah Gerber wrote:

> The following is a list of the other incorrect statdates:
> 
> 1. ICO
> 
> Statdate is listed as 13/07/99. Seen alone for the rest of July (demog 
> notes). In census sheets 26/7/99 and 28/7/99. Demog note on 29/7/99 also 
> has him as alone. These occur in Nyayo's group. The statdate needs to be 
> changed to 29/7/1999. Also census and members need rows added.  He needs 
> to be placed in Nyayo's until the 28th of July and alone on the 29th of 
> July.

Just to clarify, I need to change ICO's absences in Nyayo's group on 26 
July 1999 and 28 July 1999 to presences.  I also need to add a DEMOG 
note stating he was alone on 29 July 1999.  All this will adjust his 
statdate to 29 July 1999.

> 2. BOR
> 
> Statdate is listed as 1/08/87. He is censused in Alto's on 5/08/87. 
> Statdate needs to be changed to 5/08/87. Members and census rows need to 
> be added for these days.

I follow what you're saying, but see that BOR was also censused present 
in Alto's on 3 August 1987 and 4 August 1987.  I assume these presences 
should be added to MEMBERS and CENSUS as well, right?

> 3. AJA
> 
> Statdate is listed as 1/03/94. Censused 5/03/94 in Dotty's. Demog note 
> says at a distance.  Members and census rows need to be added for these 
> days.

There is a hand written note beside AJA's name on Dotty's census for 
March 1994 that reads "AJA: changed as instructed in Aug 94 # 1 
corrections list - DS and SCA 6 Nov 94."  The entire row for AJA in the 
census is crossed out.  I don't know where that corrections list is (the 
Babase correction log I've been adding to starts in 1999), so wasn't 
sure where to go for more details.  But, regardless of that note, I'm 
not sure from your email if you want AJA censused present in Dotty's on 
the 5th or a DEMOG note added to say he was alone.  Again, either is 
easy to do - just to be sure that I'm making the right change.

> Please let me know if there are questions. I know I have the official 
> Babase right now so maybe we can talk about these individuals when I 
> pass it back to you.
> 
> Cheers,
> Leah


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