SAS Quality Knowledge Base for Contact Information 27

Name (Marriage Name Only)

Match Definition

Name (Marriage Name Only)
Description The Name (Marriage Name Only) match definition generates match codes which can be used to cluster records containing names of individuals, based on the marriage name portion of the name string.
Max Length of Match Code 20 characters
Examples Input Cluster ID
özv. Kovács Istvánné 0
Kovács Istvánné Mária 0
Kovács Istvánné Szabó Mária 0
Kovács Istvánné Judit 0
Bakó Istvánné Szabó Mária 1
Remarks

Note Note: The results listed above reflect the default match sensitivity (85).

Note that this definition might cause some false positives, as when strings representing two women married to men of the same name produce the same match code. Also, this definition will not match two names if the names do not share marriage names -- even if other portions of the names are identical.

The recommendation for matching names is to use this definition in conjunction with the Name match definition, combining the results with an OR cluster condition, and in the same job to include other match definitions such as Address or Phone.