Suggestion 505 Wrong female gender

Date: 1 May 2016
Location: Worldwide
Surnames/tags: data_doctors db_error_505

Description of Error - 505: Wrong female gender

A person with this name is most likely female, but the gender is marked as male. Possibly either the gender or the name is incorrect. Correct the gender or the name. If both the name and gender are correct, set the status for this error as false.

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Video

Suggestion 505 - Wrong Gender (Female)
Topic Video: Gender: Mr E or Ms Take?

Possible Causes

Wrong gender entered or a name that normally is female.

Action Steps

Correct gender or name or set status of this error as False error. And also add sources that prove the fact.

Error Status

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Technical Stuff

In case of multiple names they are checked as one name, since order of the names is also important. Gender of a name is derived from database by sampling data:

• If name appears more than 50 times and 97-100% of persons with this name have female gender then gender is supposed to be female for all persons with this name
• If name appears more than 50 times and 90-97% of persons with this name have female gender and less than 2% have male gender then gender is supposed to be female for all persons with this name

So with entering missing names and correcting false genders, quality of finding wrong gender increases.

Here you can explore gender assignment for any first name.

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