[Babase] Abortion conversion

Karl O. Pinc babase@www.eco.princeton.edu
Tue, 29 Jun 2004 10:15:40 -0500


On 2004.06.29 09:45 Jeanne Altmann wrote:
> It is theoretically possible though not very likely that two mothers 
> would have a miscarriage on the same day.

I'm only interested in the data that presently exists to see what
I need to account for in the conversion program.

> At 07:10 PM 6/28/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>> Hi Steph,
>> 
>> Can I have the conversion program assume one unique birthdate per
>> Pid for all abortions?  In other words, two mothers have not
>> had abortions on the same day?
>> 
>> I've checked the data that's loaded into the new database,
>> but that's not all there is.

Karl <kop@meme.com>
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