[Babase] Correcting PIDs for Missed Pregnancy
Catherine Markham
babase@www.eco.princeton.edu
Fri, 22 Jul 2005 09:28:56 -0400
Great - thanks for the response, Karl. I'll hold off on making the
change to BaBase till I get a chance to confirm the abortion with Jeanne.
Catherine
Karl O. Pinc wrote:
>
> On 07/14/2005 11:15:07 AM, Catherine Markham wrote:
>
>>
>> A note from Daphne indicates that Sister had an abortion in December
>> 1988 and that this abortion was never entered into the BaBase
>> Biograph or Pregs tables. SIS's data in the Cycles table looks
>> correct - the problem is that it is not linked with a pregnancy.
>> Looking back at the sexskin datasheets, she conceived on 28 June 1988
>> (cid = 1688). The abortion was 18 December 1988. Her resume cycle
>> was cid = 1689.
>>
>> If you agree that this abortion should be added reviewing the field
>> notes, here's how I'd go about correcting BaBase:
>>
>> I would create a new row in Biograph for the abortion (same procedure
>> as on this as I follow during demography update with statdate =
>> birthdate, name field left blank, etc.). SIS had pregnancies both
>> before and after this abortion - this abortion will be inserted
>> between SIS6 and SIS7. Before SIS died in 1990, she had a total of 8
>> pregnancies (not including this one). PID = SIS9 is the next pid in
>> series. I would assign that PID to this birth, but reorder the
>> parity numbers such that the parity for SIS6 is 6, SIS9 is 7, SIS7 is
>> 8, and SIS8 is 9. I think this is consistent with the protocols that
>> Daphne explained last fall (never change a PID but is ok to change
>> the parity). These PID changes would be made in both the Biograph
>> and the Pregs tables. Finally, I would also add a row to the Pregs
>> table for PID = SIS9 with the conceive and resume cycles entered in.
>
>
> Looks right to me.
>
> Karl <kop@meme.com>
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