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Table 2 Examples of the name-matching procedure

From: Identifying couples in administrative dataIdentifizierung von Ehepaaren in Administrativen Daten

Number of individuals at coordinate

Last name

Potential couple

Example 2.1 a

5

COHLE

Match

5

HART

Match

5

COHLE

Match

5

MEIER

No match

5

HART

Match

Example 2.2 b

5

COHLE

No match

5

HART

Match

5

COHLE

No match

5

COHLE

No match

5

HART-MEIER

Match

Example 2.3 c

5

COHLE-MEIER

No match

5

MEIER

No match

5

COHLE

No match

5

COHLE

No match

5

MEIER-MUELLER

No matchc

  1. These are provided as examples only, and are not taken from the actual data
  2. amatches HART and COHLE are chosen
  3. bmatch (HART-)MEIER is chosen
  4. cno match is chosen