@KirkegaardEmil I accidentally posted the same graph twice above, here's the right one.pic.twitter.com/jSuJSEA6wy
What exactly is age heaping and what use is it? http://emilkirkegaard.dk/en/?p=5391 pic.twitter.com/aATjOPYQvf
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@KirkegaardEmil I would have guessed that heaping occurred because people didn't know their birth year more often than because they...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@KirkegaardEmil My father wasn't sure when his mother was born. To me that implies that she might not have known it herself.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@KirkegaardEmil She must have been born around 1910 in Russia. -
@Glossophiliac75@KirkegaardEmil One funny thing about age heaping - some cultures heap differently (e.g. innumerate Chinese heap in 12s). -
@akarlin88@KirkegaardEmil The 12-year animal cycle. I think some animals are considered luckier than others.
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