You are viewing the site in preview mode

Skip to main content

Table 3 Weights for the probabilistic linkage approach with blocking on sex and year of birth

From: Evaluation of record linkage of mortality data between a health and demographic surveillance system and national civil registration system in South Africa

Variable m i u i Agreement weight Disagreement weight
Surname 0.81578 0.01588 5.68252 −2.41737
Day of birth 0.69855 0.03605 4.27643 −1.67704
Month of birth 0.75919 0.08734 3.11968 −1.92216
Year of death 0.98414 0.28645 1.78059 −5.49130
Month of death 0.80748 0.08367 3.27068 −2.25083
Day of death 0.52955 0.03286 4.01026 −1.03967
Village 0.60579 0.00808 6.22918 −1.33126
Institution/place of death 0.82785 0.43602 0.92498 −1.71199
Back to article page

Population Health Metrics

ISSN: 1478-7954