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APPENDIX C: LINKING m AND u PROBABILITIES FOR EACH PASS

The following tables present the m and u probabilities that were applied to linking fields in each pass of the 2011 Death registrations to Census linkage project. Refer to m and u probabilities for further details.

	AGREE			DISAGREE			MISSING
	m	u		m	u		m	u
First name	0.839	0.006		0.158	0.989		0.003	0.005
Surname	0.954	0.007		0.041	0.987		0.006	0.007
Sex	0.966	0.512		0.017	0.476		0.017	0.012
Day of birth	0.903	0.030		0.039	0.890		0.058	0.080
Month of birth	0.923	0.077		0.019	0.844		0.058	0.080
Age	0.975	0.051		0.019	0.942		0.006	0.007
Street number	0.751	0.112		0.047	0.595		0.202	0.293
Street name	0.881	0.389		0.118	0.573		0.001	0.038
Birthplace	0.900	0.525		0.015	0.414		0.085	0.061
Year of arrival	0.079	0.002		0.020	0.036		0.901	0.962
Marital status	0.879	0.293		0.069	0.534		0.052	0.173

	AGREE			DISAGREE			MISSING
	m	u		m	u		m	u
First name	0.939	0.350		0.061	0.650		0.000	0.000
Surname	0.993	0.109		0.007	0.891		0.000	0.000
Day of birth	0.922	0.030		0.030	0.881		0.048	0.089
Month of birth	0.937	0.076		0.015	0.835		0.048	0.089
Age	0.979	0.024		0.017	0.972		0.004	0.004
Street number	0.634	0.010		0.103	0.824		0.262	0.165
Street name	0.767	0.001		0.228	0.992		0.005	0.007
Suburb	0.871	0.001		0.122	0.992		0.007	0.006
Birthplace	0.901	0.551		0.014	0.418		0.084	0.030
Year of arrival	0.074	0.001		0.019	0.027		0.907	0.971
Marital status	0.880	0.241		0.069	0.565		0.051	0.194

	AGREE			DISAGREE			MISSING
	m	u		m	u		m	u
First name	0.861	0.008		0.135	0.989		0.004	0.003
Surname	0.957	0.001		0.037	0.993		0.006	0.005
Sex	0.979	0.495		0.242	0.493		0.015	0.013
Street number	0.634	0.010		0.135	0.824		0.262	0.165
Street name	0.752	0.001		0.018	0.993		0.006	0.006
Suburb	0.856	0.001		0.014	0.992		0.008	0.007
Birthplace	0.895	0.460		0.072	0.492		0.090	0.048
Year of arrival	0.074	0.003		0.005	0.038		0.908	0.959
Marital status	0.874	0.411		0.103	0.534		0.055	0.055

	AGREE			DISAGREE			MISSING
	m	u		m	u		m	u
First name	0.909	0.007		0.087	0.990		0.004	0.003
Surname	0.931	0.002		0.063	0.993		0.006	0.005
Day of birth	0.923	0.142		0.024	0.765		0.053	0.092
Month of birth	0.925	0.076		0.023	0.832		0.053	0.092
Age	0.983	0.029		0.012	0.966		0.005	0.005
Street name	0.812	0.015		0.185	0.981		0.003	0.003
Birthplace	0.898	0.510		0.016	0.466		0.086	0.024
Year of arrival	0.079	0.002		0.015	0.043		0.906	0.955
Marital status	0.877	0.220		0.072	0.568		0.051	0.212

	AGREE			DISAGREE
	m	u		m	u
First name	0.909	0.008		0.091	0.992
Surname	0.931	0.002		0.069	0.999
Sex	0.976	0.491		0.024	0.509
Day of birth	0.923	0.142		0.077	0.858
Month of birth	0.925	0.076		0.075	0.924
Age	0.983	0.029		0.017	0.971
Street number	0.605	0.011		0.395	0.989
Street name	0.758	0.001		0.243	0.999
Suburb	0.868	0.001		0.132	0.999
Birthplace	0.898	0.467		0.102	0.533
Year of arrival	0.079	0.004		0.921	0.996
Marital status	0.877	0.22		0.123	0.78