Grandchildren progress report - October 14

Here is our progress on the Grandchildren sample as of yesterday, October 14, 2020.

Grandchildren Progress:

Grandchildren Sample B	POW	Non-POW	Total
Total RecIds Completed Sample B	595	593	1188
RecIds Completed in the Last Week	12	27	39
% Sample Completed	--	--	65
RecIds Completed Sample A			999
Percent of TOTAL Sample (A & B) Complete			77.4
Total Grandchildren Sample B (including new)	--	--	22269
New Grandchildren Added	651	655	1306
Total Grandchildren Completed Sample B	7572	7550	15122
Birth Dates Added	7527	7515	15042
Death Dates Added	6849	6880	13729
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	60
Number of children	382
Number of grands	978
Number of male grands	476
Number of female grands	497
Number of grands with 1930 (N = 888 because 90 of 978 were dead before 1930)	568 (64%)
Number of grands with 1940 (N= 851 because a total of 127 were dead by 1940)	620 (73%)
Number of male grands living/old enough at time of draft	392
Number of male grands found with WWII draft cards+	362 (92%)
Number male greats*	1022
Number female greats*	952
Number living greats	337 (17%)
Number eligible male greats with WWII draft cards (N=318)	298 (94%)
Total time spent (for 58 soldiers: 1930/40, draft cards, and greats’ birth and death)	16985 minutes

+Includes 6 draft cards that didn’t have H/W

*For the first three soldiers completed, number of great grandchildren was not tracked.

 

Total time 16985 minutes

So the time breaks down into one of the following – depending on how you want to look at it:

293 minutes/soldier

44.5 minutes/child

17.4 minutes/grand

8.5 minutes/great**

 

** Number for a subset of soldiers whose time and number of great grandchildren tracked.