Here is our progress on the Grandchildren sample as of yesterday, October 21, 2020.
Grandchildren
Sample B |
POW |
Non-POW |
Total |
Total RecIds
Completed Sample B |
617 |
602 |
1219 |
RecIds Completed in
the Last Week |
22 |
9 |
31 |
% Sample Completed |
-- |
-- |
66.7 |
RecIds Completed Sample A |
|
|
999 |
Percent of TOTAL Sample (A &
B) Complete |
|
|
78.5 |
Total Grandchildren
Sample B (including new) |
-- |
-- |
22278 |
New Grandchildren
Added |
679 |
671 |
1350 |
Total Grandchildren
Completed Sample B |
7876 |
7750 |
15626 |
Birth Dates Added |
7831 |
7715 |
15546 |
Death Dates Added |
7113 |
7054 |
14167 |
Living Grandchildren |
63 |
52 |
115 |
Sample B = 1827 Total
Sample (A & B) = 2826
Here is what we've done so far on the pilot project.
PILOT RESULTS |
|
Number of soldiers completed |
79 |
Number of children |
488 |
Number of grands |
1215 |
Number of male grands |
597 |
Number of female grands |
612 |
Number of grands with 1930 (N = 1106 because 109 of 1215 were dead before 1930) |
721 (65%) |
Number of grands with 1940 (N= 1059 because a total of 156 were dead by 1940) |
780 (74%) |
Number of male grands living/old enough at time of draft |
490 |
Number of male grands found with WWII draft cards+ |
450 (92%) |
Number male greats* |
1263 |
Number female greats* |
1192 |
Number living greats |
646 (26%) |
Number eligible male greats with WWII draft cards (N=398) |
367 (92%) |
Total time spent (for 77 soldiers: 1930/40, draft cards, and greats’ birth and death) |
21183 minutes |
+Includes 7 draft cards that didn’t have H/W
*For the first three soldiers completed, number of great
grandchildren was not tracked.
Total time 21183 minutes
So the time breaks down into one of the following –
depending on how you want to look at it:
275 minutes/soldier
43.4 minutes/child
17.4 minutes/grand
8.5 minutes/great**
** Number for a subset of soldiers whose time and number of great grandchildren tracked.