[Babase] Demography Notes Question for Jeanne, Susan, Karl, and
Leah
Karl O. Pinc
babase@www.eco.princeton.edu
Tue, 19 Apr 2005 22:38:36 +0000
On 04/19/2005 04:20:17 PM, Susan Alberts wrote:
> In response to Catherine's questions:
>> 1. Demography note date/group/sname consistent with a census record:
>> In general, the objective here is to add additional notes to BaBase
>> that otherwise wouldn't or couldn't be entered. Examples include
>> the date an infant was first observed in the field or the first
>> observed immigration date for a male. Demography notes are not
>> given for deaths and male emigrations.
>
> This is not necessarily true. There are sometimes demography notes
> for deaths, and we hope there are always notes for disappearances and
> emigrations.
However, when a row goes into the DEMOG table it always is like
a census, it places the individual in a group. I don't know if
there are other sorts of demography notes that don't ever get
into the database. I believe the disussion that occured during
the design phase for DEMOG concluded that because the observed
individual was observed, it made sense to put them into a group.
Even if that group was "Alone" or something like that.
Karl <kop@meme.com>
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