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Subject: RE: [TMG] 5.07 Age Variable
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 13:17:00 -0500
In-Reply-To: <20037113376.843733@TERRY2>


Terry, I _have_ been getting different results than you are. But you got me
thinking there might be some other reason why I'm getting those results. I
rewrote the HoH sentence for 1830 from "...<[RAE:Head of Household], > to
simply <[AE], > and now it works fine. However, the other role sentences
don't (I tried two diff. versions). I thought maybe they didn't work when
there is more than one person assigned to the role. But, noooo. I find it
doesn't work in cases where only one person has the role. Go figure!

Here's a c&p sample of my 1830 sentences ... see if they work for you (if
you have the patience to deal with this).

ROLE: HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD
[:CR:][:TAB:]• 1830 U.S. Census <[L2], ><in [L3], ><[L4], ><[L5]> — <[AE],
>[R:Head of Household] appears as head of household. Other free white
persons thought to be accounted for in [PP] household are:[:CR:][:CR:]
<[:CR:][:TAB:][:TAB:][R:100yAndUp] æ 100y or older>
<[:CR:][:TAB:][:TAB:][R:90-99y] æ 90-99y>
<[:CR:][:TAB:][:TAB:][R:80-89y] æ 80-89y>
<[:CR:][:TAB:][:TAB:][R:70-79y] æ 70-79y>
<[:CR:][:TAB:][:TAB:][R:60-69y] æ 60-69y>
<[:CR:][:TAB:][:TAB:][R:50-59y] æ 50-59y>
<[:CR:][:TAB:][:TAB:][R:40-49y] æ 40-49y>
<[:CR:][:TAB:][:TAB:][R:30-39y] æ 30-39y>
<[:CR:][:TAB:][:TAB:][R:20-29y] æ 20-29y>
<[:CR:][:TAB:][:TAB:][R:15-19y] æ 15-19y>
<[:CR:][:TAB:][:TAB:][R:10-14y] æ 10-14y>
<[:CR:][:TAB:][:TAB:][R:5-9y] æ 5-9y>
<[:CR:][:TAB:][:TAB:][R:0-4y] æ 0-4y>
[:CR:][:CR:]

ROLE: 0-4y (male & female sentences version 1)
[W]<, [RAE:0-4y],> is probably a male, æ 0-4y, in the household of [R:Head
of Household] on the 1830 U.S. Census <[L2], ><in [L3], ><[L4], ><[L5]>

[W]<, [RAE:0-4y],> is probably a female, æ 0-4y, in the household of [R:Head
of Household] on the 1830 U.S. Census <[L2], ><in [L3], ><[L4], ><[L5]>

ROLE: 0-4y (male & female sentences version 2)
[W]<, [AE],> is probably a male, æ 0-4y, in the household of [R:Head of
Household] on the 1830 U.S. Census <[L2], ><in [L3], ><[L4], ><[L5]>

[W]<, [AE],> is probably a female, æ 0-4y, in the household of [R:Head of
Household] on the 1830 U.S. Census <[L2], ><in [L3], ><[L4], ><[L5]>

-----Original Message-----
From: Terry Reigel [mailto:]
On Tue, 1 Jul 2003 12:18:46 -0500, wrote:
>Thanks so much, Terry. I don't like your answer <VBG>,
>but at least I understand it. I was trying to use the age
>variable for the pre-1850 census sentences so, of course,
>all I have is the year of enumeration. I was hoping to
>output the person's actual age to compare with their enum.
>age. When I change the sentences to AE, the "at an unknown
>age" is suppressed, but I still don't get an age. From
>this, I gather the age variable only works when both dates
>are precise. Bummer!!!

I don't understand. When I use the variable <[AE]> I get "at age 49
years" with only a year in the current tag, and year, month and year,
or day month and year in the birth tag. You do need the conditional
brackets to get the "at age" phrase, but even even without it I get
"49 years."

Are you getting different results?



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